On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:16:17 -0700, Richard wrote: > I create child processes with subprocess.Popen(). > Then I either wait for them to finish or kill them. > Either way these processes end up as defunct until the parent process > completes: > $ ps e > 6851 pts/5 Z+ 1:29 [python] <defunct>
You need to either call the .wait() method, or keep calling the .poll() method until the .returncode attribute is not None. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
