From f4ed2066fc8715f3e672231de4f1a8ac03528ef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Curtin Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:10:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Merged revisions 80009 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ 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). ........ --- Doc/faq/windows.rst | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 5a5b7edf2e4..bfd03f76401 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it. How do I emulate os.kill() in Windows? -------------------------------------- -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? -------------------------------------------------------