Re: [python-win32] run external program but with timeout

2005-06-15 Thread Justin Ezequiel
On 6/15/05, Justin Ezequiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to run an executable but I need to be able to kill it if > it has not completed after 5 or so minutes. > Forgive me. Just now found a Demos folder and a winprocess.py file that at first glance will be exactly what I need.

[python-win32] run external program but with timeout

2005-06-15 Thread Justin Ezequiel
Greetings, I want to run an executable but I need to be able to kill it if it has not completed after 5 or so minutes. Googling gets me signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler) but I need to use this from Windows. I have Python 2.3.4 on WinXP Pro. Had a look at the Python for Windows Documentati