programmatically executing and terminating a long-running batch process in python

Question

I have been searching for a way to start and terminate a long-running \"batch jobs\" in python. Right now I\'m using \"os.system()\" to launch a long-running batch job insid

Answer 1

If you are on a Posix-compatible system (e.g., Linux or OS X) and no Python code has to be run after the child process, use os.execv. In general, avoid os.system and use the subprocess module instead.