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  r80009 | brian.curtin | 2010-04-12 13:07:21 -0500 (Mon, 12 Apr 2010) | 2 lines

  Update the Windows FAQ's text about os.kill (#1220212).
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@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it.
How do I emulate os.kill() in Windows?
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To terminate a process, you can use ctypes::
Prior to Python 2.7 and 3.2, to terminate a process, you can use :mod:`ctypes`::
import ctypes
@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ To terminate a process, you can use ctypes::
handle = kernel32.OpenProcess(1, 0, pid)
return (0 != kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, 0))
In 2.7 and 3.2, :func:`os.kill` is implemented similar to the above function,
with the additional feature of being able to send CTRL+C and CTRL+BREAK
to console subprocesses which are designed to handle those signals. See
:func:`os.kill` for further details.
Why does os.path.isdir() fail on NT shared directories?
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