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user2497792
user2497792

Reputation: 525

Kill process by ppid in python?

In python using: os.kill() will kill a process by pid using a specified signal, How would one go about killing all processes with the same ppid?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1843

Answers (1)

stavxyz
stavxyz

Reputation: 2025

Let's say your parent process ID is 7773.

I haven't done this myself, but you might try:

import subprocess

ppid = '7773'
subprocess.call(['pkill', '-STOP', '-P', ppid])

To get the ppid of the current process:

import os
ppid = os.getppid()

Perhaps there is a solution that is strictly python. If so, I don't know what it is.

EDIT: psutil

If you want a true python solution, the psutil package might have what you're looking for.

Upvotes: 3

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