I am trying to use this so maybe no one has to reply... sorry to
inconvenience anyone.
I got it from Google but did not copy his name and cannot give my
thanks to original author, sorry.
import subprocess
from win32event import WaitForSingleObject, WAIT_TIMEOUT
from win32api import TerminateProcess
def execute_and_wait(args, timeout=None):
"""Execute a command and wait until termination. If timeout elapses
and still not finished, kill it.
args: list containing program and arguments, or a single string.
timeout: maximum time to wait, in ms, or None.
"""
p = subprocess.Popen(args)
if timeout:
ret = WaitForSingleObject(p._handle, timeout)
if ret==WAIT_TIMEOUT:
TerminateProcess(p._handle, 1)
return None
return p.wait()
ret = execute_and_wait(["notepad", "c:\\BuyLiveHit.ahk"], 5000)
print "ret=",ret
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