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Re: Avoiding defunct processes

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On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:16:17 -0700, Richard wrote:

> I create child processes with subprocess.Popen().
> Then I either wait for them to finish or kill them.
> Either way these processes end up as defunct until the parent process
> completes:
> $ ps e
> 6851 pts/5    Z+     1:29 [python] <defunct>

You need to either call the .wait() method, or keep calling the .poll()
method until the .returncode attribute is not None.

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Avoiding defunct processes Richard <richardbp@gmail.com> - 2012-11-01 19:16 -0700
  Re: Avoiding defunct processes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 13:36 +1100
  Re: Avoiding defunct processes Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-11-02 15:46 +0000

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