On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 16:21 +0200, Radek Vykydal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wrote a python module which forks and execes a child.
> In the parent I made (with signal.signal()) handler to
> catch SIGCHLD and the parent calls gtk.main() to wait for the
> child's exit(). The SIGCHLD handler calls os.waitpid()
> and gtk.main_quit().
>
> The module works fine alone, but when I incorporate it
> into application which is calling gtk.gdk.threads_init() before
> running it's mainloop, the
> SIGCHLD handler isn't called (after the the child's exit()).
>
> Could you tell me the reason and, possibly, recommend me
> how I can wait for the child in better way?
(requires pygtk >= 2.6)
def child_cb(pid, status):
# do something
gobject.child_watch_add(pid, child_cb)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Radek
>
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