Making Popen items terminate when program ends.

[Peter Hansen]

Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <mailman.1403.1139021049.27775.python-list at python.org>,
>  Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
> 
>>You should 
>>either prefix your string with an "r" (just before the opening quotation 
>>mark) or escape the backslashes (as in use "C:\\Folder..." instead of 
>>just "C:\Folder").
> 
> Of the two alternatives, raw stings are much preferable to escaping 
> backslashes (IMHO).

No, it's definitely preferable to avoid being slashed than it is to get 
stung. <wink>