Making Popen items terminate when program ends.

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.1403.1139021049.27775.python-list at python.org>,
 Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:

> You should 
> either prefix your string with an "r" (just before the opening quotation 
> mark) or escape the backslashes (as in use "C:\\Folder..." instead of 
> just "C:\Folder").

Of the two alternatives, raw stings are much preferable to escaping 
backslashes (IMHO).