os.system and subprocess odd behavior

[Dave Angel]

On 12/18/2012 05:27 AM, Hans Mulder wrote:
> On 18/12/12 06:10:43, photonymous at gmail.com wrote:
>> I hope I understand the question... but shouldn't you wait for the process to complete before exiting?
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>> pid = subprocess.Popen(...)
>> pid.wait()
>>
>> Otherwise, it'll exit before the background process is done. 
> Why would that be a problem?
>

Because you don't want to bog the system down with a zombie task.



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DaveA