Starting an external, independent process from a script

[Gabriel Genellina]

On 12 Mar 2007 16:13:51 -0700, Henrik Lied <henriklied at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I'm trying to create a video uploading service (just to learn). The
>> system is mostly based on Django, but the question I'm looking an
>> answer for is more related to Python.

En Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:57:33 -0300, rishi pathak  
<mailmaverick666 at gmail.com> escribió:

> You can do something like this:
> pid = os.fork()

I don't think it's a good idea, the running process is Django, not a  
script.

To the OP: I think the question *is* a Django question. You could launch  
the external process, finish the current request and redirect to another  
location; in that page you set a refresh to itself, and show the current  
status "somehow" depending on how your external process can report its  
progress. The details on how to do that, or even if that way is a good  
approach at all, depend on Django.

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Gabriel Genellina