Interrupting Python

[Erik Max Francis]

Bob Easton wrote:

> I have a script that can run, accessing network resources, for several
> days.
> Since the script does not normally need keyed input, exception
> processing
> does not raise the keyboard exception until after the program ends
> normally.
> I would like to be able to interrupt if from the keyboard, but have
> not
> learned the trick.  How can I do this?

If you're under a UNIX-like operating system, kill its process ID with
the -INT signal.

	kill -INT processID

You can find the process ID with ps if you don't already know it.

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