Process forking on Windows

[bruno at modulix]

Andrew Robert wrote:
> bruno at modulix wrote:
> 
>>Andrew Robert wrote:
>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>>I have a python program that will need to interact with an MQSeries
>>>trigger monitor.
>>>
>>>It does this fine but it hogs the trigger monitor while it executes.
>>>
>>>I'd like to fork the program off and terminate the parent process so
>>>that the trigger monitor frees up.
>>
>><just-asking>
>>Is this really the solution ?
>></just-asking>
>>
>>>Does anyone how this can be accomplished on a Windows platform?
>>
>>AFAIK, there's no fork in Windows - you might want to give a try with
>>CreateProcess.
>>http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec14/art3.htm
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnucmg/html/UCMGch01.asp
>>
> Unfortunately there is a real need for this. 
> The MQSeries trigger monitor is single threaded.
> 
> Because of this, my program would absorb it until it completes. 
> The way to get around this would be to fork off and terminate the parent. 
> Unfortunately, Windows appears to be somewhat stubborn about it. 
> Creating a subprocess does not alleviate the need to get the originating
> process out of the trigger monitor.
> 

Have you *really* read the material pointed by the above links ?



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