Python - forking an external process?

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2013-07-02 20:47 -0700
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Subject	Python - forking an external process?
From	Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com>

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Hi,

I have a Python script where I want to run fork and run an external command (or set of commands).

For example, after doing <xyz>, I then want to run ssh to a host, handover control back to the user, and have my script terminate.

Or I might want to run ssh to a host, less a certain textfile, then exit.

What's the idiomatic way of doing this within Python? Is it possible to do with Subprocess?

Cheers,
Victor

(I did see this SO post - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6011235/run-a-program-from-python-and-have-it-continue-to-run-after-the-script-is-kille, but it's a bit older, and I was going to see what the current idiomatic way of doing this is).

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Python - forking an external process? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 20:47 -0700
  Re: Python - forking an external process? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 20:59 -0700
    Re: Python - forking an external process? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 21:11 -0700
      Re: Python - forking an external process? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 21:22 -0700
  Re: Python - forking an external process? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-07-03 00:17 -0400
  Re: Python - forking an external process? Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-07-03 12:55 +0200

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