From 4e20ab24cf992528539550b0136d01684e2dd74b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Curtin Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:07:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 353c40055a19..1336400780e7 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ 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 @@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ 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? ------------------------------------------------------- -- 2.47.3