Re: multiple processes, private working directories

On Sep 25, 8:16 am, Tim Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a bunch of processes to run and each one needs its own working directory. I'd also like to know when all of the processes are finished. Thanks for the

Re: multiple processes, private working directories

Tim Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a bunch of processes to run and each one needs its own working directory. I'd also like to know when all of the processes are finished. Thanks for the ideas everyone--I now have some news tools in the toolbox. The

multiple processes, private working directories

I have a bunch of processes to run and each one needs its own working directory. I'd also like to know when all of the processes are finished. (1) First thought was threads, until I saw that os.chdir was process- global. (2) Next thought was fork, but I don't know how to signal when each child is

Re: multiple processes, private working directories

Tim Arnold wrote: I have a bunch of processes to run and each one needs its own working directory. I'd also like to know when all of the processes are finished. (1) First thought was threads, until I saw that os.chdir was process- global. (2) Next thought was fork, but I don't know how to

Re: multiple processes, private working directories

On 24Sep2008 18:27, Tim Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I have a bunch of processes to run and each one needs its own working | directory. I'd also like to know when all of the processes are | finished. | | (1) First thought was threads, until I saw that os.chdir was process- | global. Yep.

Re: multiple processes, private working directories

On Sep 24, 9:27 pm, Tim Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of processes to run and each one needs its own working directory. I'd also like to know when all of the processes are finished. (1) First thought was threads, until I saw that os.chdir was process- global. (2) Next

Re: multiple processes, private working directories

On Sep 24, 6:27 pm, Tim Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of processes to run and each one needs its own working directory. I'd also like to know when all of the processes are finished. (1) First thought was threads, until I saw that os.chdir was process- global. (2) Next

Re: multiple processes, private working directories

On Sep 24, 9:27 pm, Tim Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (2) Next thought was fork, but I don't know how to signal when each child is finished. Consider the multiprocessing module, which is available in Python 2.6, but it began its life as a third-party module that acts like threading module