subprocess.Popen.send_signal()

Popen.send_signal(signal)

Sends the signal signal to the child.

Note

On Windows, SIGTERM is an alias for terminate(). CTRL_C_EVENT and CTRL_BREAK_EVENT can be sent to processes started with a creationflags parameter which includes CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP.

Links:

https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.send_signal

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2016-10-07 17:43:36

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