Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.006 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'mrab': 0.04; 'terminated': 0.07; 'wrapper': 0.07; 'effect.': 0.09; 'suggestion.': 0.09; 'def': 0.15; 'control-c': 0.16; 'russ': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.16; 'mon,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'cheers,': 0.18; 'avoiding': 0.18; 'simpler': 0.18; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.20; 'seems': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'thus': 0.23; 'pm,': 0.24; 'aug': 0.24; 'guess': 0.26; 'suggestion': 0.26; 'bit': 0.28; 'exit': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.29; 'script': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'module': 0.30; 'outer': 0.30; 'sun,': 0.30; 'terminate': 0.30; 'thanks': 0.30; 'chris': 0.32; 'there': 0.33; 'that,': 0.33; 'idea': 0.34; 'switch': 0.35; 'instead.': 0.37; 'using': 0.37; 'put': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'could': 0.38; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'should': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'choose': 0.61; 'believe': 0.65; '29,': 0.67; 'sender:addr:chris': 0.84; 'received:209.85.218.46': 0.91; 'received:mail-yi0-f46.google.com': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rebertia.com; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=06G0HwEl8TH04IKz6fc6O4UknxYFKoicuiuy1v/oe7M=; b=R9zDg1QRVZd/EmWsow+BiYBlnZA/pycRiNgEyMl71cbjHWzrYBi0ogIBXfPNBLrv4K bwsjxAL27x7FeJ+QP90Z8h6QmQbNhcVDWmU5l1yoVqkihFGB/5XCoNW6GQ2kiCbdJmi7 eukypD2/Nb6Olb5OJAJ87K/9f4vKjNWzHdje4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: chris@rebertia.com In-Reply-To: References: <22a0dae6-8a60-4e68-82a5-31a949bd69d5@y8g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:16:17 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: vEMPjnrLQaeypKJHg4CbSzXQuLA Subject: Re: killing a script From: Chris Rebert To: "Russ P." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1314587781 news.xs4all.nl 2479 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43186 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:12381 On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Russ P. wrote: > On Aug 28, 7:51=C2=A0pm, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Russ P. wrote= : >> > On Aug 28, 6:52=C2=A0pm, MRAB wrote: >> >> You could look at the return value of os.system, which may tell you t= he >> >> exit status of the process. >> >> > Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, I guess I could do that, but it seems >> > that there should be a simpler way to just kill the "whole enchilada." >> > Hitting Control-C over and over is a bit like whacking moles. >> >> I believe the idea of this suggestion is for the outer script to >> notice that the inner script terminated via Ctrl-C, and would then >> immediately choose to terminate itself - thus avoiding the >> whack-a-mole effect. >> >> ChrisA > > Yes, but if I am not mistaken, that will require me to put a line or > two after each os.system call. Er, just write a wrapper for os.system(), e.g.: def mysystem(cmd): if os.system(cmd): sys.exit() Also, you may want to switch to using the `subprocess` module instead. Cheers, Chris