os.fork

[Fredrik Lundh]

Curtis, Craig M. <curtis_c at lxe.com> wrote:
> Is there a compatible way to fork processes in Python that works in both a
> Linux environment and Win32?  
> 
> It seems the win32 port does not support os.fork.

not yet.  but assuming what you're really looking
for is fork+exec, you can use os.spawn (windows
only).

here's an example (you have to fill in the blanks
yourself):

def spawn(...):
    try:
        status = os.spawn(...)
    except NameError:
        # assume it's unix
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid == 0:
            os.exec(...)
        status = os.wait()[0]
    return status
    
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