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Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7

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On 04/27/2013 08:22 PM, cormogram@gmail.com wrote:
> Was trying os.execl() and got a "python.exe has stopped working" on my Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 desktop.
>
> I'm using Python 2.7.4 and that happens when the second arg is ''. For example:
>
> os.execl('filename.exe','')
>
>
> Wtf? :(
>
> http://postimg.org/image/vdliyuenh/
>

Do you really have a program called  filename.exe ?

Are you by any chance running this inside some shell or debugger, like 
IDLE or KOMODO?  Or is it a GUI program ?  More specifically, does it 
still give an error like that if you have a two-line Python program:
    import os
    os.execl('filename.exe', '')

execl is supposed to replace the current (python) program, with the 
filename.exe one.  But if the current program has any OS resources in 
use (like file objects), they don't get flushed/released.

The execl was intended for use on Unix, and Windows can't really do what 
it's documented to do.

If you don't get any useful answers here, I'd suggest going to 
multiprocess module.

-- 
DaveA

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"python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 cormogram@gmail.com - 2013-04-27 17:22 -0700
  Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-27 20:55 -0400
    Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 cormogram@gmail.com - 2013-04-27 18:05 -0700
      Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-27 22:02 -0400
        Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 cormogram@gmail.com - 2013-04-27 20:42 -0700
          Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-04-28 03:51 -0400
            Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 cormogram@gmail.com - 2013-04-28 18:39 -0700
          Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-04-28 09:02 +0100
            Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 cormogram@gmail.com - 2013-04-28 18:34 -0700
          Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-04-28 09:05 +0100
            Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 cormogram@gmail.com - 2013-04-28 18:38 -0700
              Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-01 22:00 +0100
                Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-02 12:50 +0000
  Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-04-28 04:53 +0100
    Re: "python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7 cormogram@gmail.com - 2013-04-27 22:06 -0700

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