On Oct 26, 1:11 pm, Saju Pillai <saju.pil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26/10/09 12:28 PM, Babloo wrote: > > > i have a small python application with GUI (frontend) which has > > various functions. I have a "RUN" button which runs python scripts in > > the background . It basically calls execfile() function internally > > which runs in a thread , to run the python script . > > > I want to implement a "PAUSE" feature which would pause the running > > python script . So do that i have to either pause the thread in which > > execfile() runs or pause execfile itself . > > > When the user presses "RUN" again then the python script should resume > > running . > > > Any ideas how to pause the thread / pause execfile() . Any other ideas > > for the same would be helpful . > > Other ideas ? You could use job control signals if you are on unix. Try > forking a child process instead of using a thread. Sending SIGSTOP to > the forked child will stop/pause it, SIGCONT will resume it. > > -srp
Hi , Thanks for the reply . I am on windows platform ... yeah if was on linux things would have been easier !! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list