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Status: Duplicate
Mergedinto: 485
Comment #1 on issue 664 by pekka.klarck: OperatingSystem.stop_process does
not actually stop running process
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues/detail?id=664
This can be done as part of creating new process related keywords (issue
485) that use subprocess module. The problem with signals is that they
aren't supported on Windows, but subprocess actually has a terminate method
that works also on that platform.
The only problem here is that implementing the new keywords takes same
time. Currently this task has lower priority than RIDE development for the
NSN sponsored core development team. External contributions, or request
within NSN, can easily raise the priority.