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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 18:08:05 +1000
Subject: Re: NewBie Doubt in Python Thread Programming
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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:35 PM, vijay swaminathan <swavijay@gmail.com> wro=
te:
> I tried using QThread as well.. But the problem is, on the run method whe=
n i
> invoke the command prompt, it sends out the finished signal...=A0 I want =
it to
> send out the finished signal only on closing the command prompt that is
> invoked earlier in my process.

> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 subprocess.call(["start", "/DC:\\PerfLocal_PAL",
> "scripts_to_execute.bat"], shell=3DTrue)

This is your problem, still. You need to change to a call that waits.
In my testing on Windows (Python 2.6.5), this can be done with
os.system() quite happily. Change that, and it should all work.

Chris Angelico