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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in the documentation (</FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.send_signal"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen.send_signal</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">) is a bug.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CTRL_C_EVENT can not be sent to processes started with a creationflags parameter which includes<I> CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP</I>. Why can be read in the msdn documentation </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms683155%28v=vs.85%29.aspx"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms683155%28v=vs.85%29.aspx</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> .</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A workaround using CTRL_C_EVENT nevertheless is described here:</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7085604/sending-c-to-python-subprocess-objects-on-windows/7980368#7980368"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7085604/sending-c-to-python-subprocess-objects-on-windows/7980368#7980368</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bye,</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Daniel.</FONT></SPAN>
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