On Feb 26, 7:00 pm, "venutaurus...@gmail.com" <venutaurus...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 26, 6:10 pm, Tim Wintle <tim.win...@teamrubber.com> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 04:55 -0800, venutaurus...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > I've a strange requirement where I need to run a python > > > script just as we run an exe (by double clicking through windows > > > explorer or by typing the script name at command prompt). > > > I don't know how windows deals with this part> In that > > > process I should be able to execute another python script in such a > > > way that, the second script should continue running but the main one > > > should terminate without effecting the second one. > > > standard daemon behavior I'd have thought > > > This shows how you would do it (with lots of comments). Assume this > > should work on Windows. > > >http://code.activestate.com/recipes/278731/ > > > note the two child threads to prevent zombies - may not be needed on > > windows but good to use them anyway. > > Thanks for the reply, > Being a newbie to python, I am finding it difficult to > understand the logic even after thorough reading of comments. Is there > any simpler way where I can just run a python script from the main > script and exit without disturbing the second one(This will end based > on some other constraints which can be handled). Or can some one throw > some light on where should I run the function os.system(" python > script2.py") from the main one. > > Thank you, > venu
Adding to the above.. I've to do it in Windows platform and what I can see from the illustration (/dev/null) etc. they are for Unix Environment. Thank you, Venu -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
