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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:38:02 +0100
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On 12/05/2011 11:29, vijay swaminathan wrote:

<... snippet from code ...>
   print 'Invoking Command Promptt..............'
         #subprocess.call(["start", "/DC:\\PerfLocal_PAL", 
"scripts_to_execute.bat"], shell=True)
         subprocess.call(["start", "C:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe"], 
shell = True)
         self.status()
</snippet>

If you want to use start, use start /wait.

But you don't have to:

<code>
import threading
import time
import subprocess

def run_command (command):
   #
   # .call is shorthand for: start process and wait
   # CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE prevents it from getting messed
   #  up with the Python console
   #
   subprocess.call (
     [command],
     creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE
   )

t = threading.Thread (target=run_command, args=("cmd.exe",))
t.start ()

while t.is_alive ():
   print "alive"
   time.sleep (0.5)

print "Thread is dead"

</code>

TJG