Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > I have script that calls a system command that I want to run for 5 minutes. > """ > import os > cmd = 'tcpdump -n -i eth0' > os.system(cmd) > """ > > I can start a timer after the cmd is issued, but I don't know how to > send a control signal to stop the command after I issued it. This is > normally from the shell ^c.
This is problematic. In general there is no clean way to kill a thread in Python. The usual approach is to set a flag which the thread checks but this won't work for you. A recent thread in comp.lang.python has some discussion and suggestions but it is inconclusive: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/94281f5a797489b1/ebca44930a016f74?q=os.system+thread&rnum=5&hl=en#ebca44930a016f74 Kent -- http://www.kentsjohnson.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
