In article <dumdnvldra4mefplnz2dnuu7-fwdn...@giganews.com>, best_...@yahoo.com says...
[snip] > Anyway, I am happy with the outcome even though I have > not found a way to detect when the program is force > killed. It is unlikely that would ever occur as long When your peogram starts, have it create a small file. As part of your graceful shutdown, delete the file. Any subsequent processes can test for the existence of the file; if it exists, your program did not exit gracefully. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...@netfront.net --- -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list