From 9c16bc2c3d5f0fd892a122b2f44aef445ee3381d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Palard Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:53:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [3.7] Doc: Delete "how do I emulate os.kill" section in Windows FAQ (GH-10487) (GH-10767) --- Doc/faq/windows.rst | 21 --------------------- 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 9292a2407a75..a46d4c1725ac 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -280,24 +280,3 @@ How do I check for a keypress without blocking? Use the msvcrt module. This is a standard Windows-specific extension module. It defines a function ``kbhit()`` which checks whether a keyboard hit is present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it. - - -How do I emulate os.kill() in Windows? --------------------------------------- - -Prior to Python 2.7 and 3.2, to terminate a process, you can use :mod:`ctypes`: - -.. code-block:: python - - import ctypes - - def kill(pid): - """kill function for Win32""" - kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32 - 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 :kbd:`Ctrl+C` and :kbd:`Ctrl+Break` -to console subprocesses which are designed to handle those signals. See -:func:`os.kill` for further details. -- 2.47.3