From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:52:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Merged revisions 79181 via svnmerge from
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  r79181 | georg.brandl | 2010-03-21 10:51:16 +0100 (So, 21 Mär 2010) | 1 line

  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 2a19c981fc..5a5b7edf2e 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst
@@ -445,13 +445,15 @@ present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it.
 How do I emulate os.kill() in Windows?
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-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))
 
 
 Why does os.path.isdir() fail on NT shared directories?