From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:51:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update os.kill() emulation example for Windows to use ctypes.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7b1~290
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f23f0a2c7ce25890352f7a5a4ec2b5bfd63e4b44;p=python

Update os.kill() emulation example for Windows to use ctypes.
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diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst
index 2d701c843b..353c40055a 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst
@@ -441,13 +441,15 @@ present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it.
 How do I emulate os.kill() in Windows?
 --------------------------------------
 
-Use win32api::
+To terminate a process, you can use ctypes::
+
+   import ctypes
 
    def kill(pid):
        """kill function for Win32"""
-       import win32api
-       handle = win32api.OpenProcess(1, 0, pid)
-       return (0 != win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, 0))
+       kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32
+       handle = kernel32.OpenProcess(1, 0, pid)
+       return (0 != kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, 0))
 
 
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