"python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7

cormogram at gmail.com cormogram at gmail.com
Sat Apr 27 21:05:40 EDT 2013


Yes, just those two lines cause the error. 'filename.exe' exists and runs ok in the command prompt. Any other executable cause the problem, also '', for example:

os.execl('','')

If doesn't work on Windows it should give an error message, right?

On Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:55:34 PM UTC-3, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 04/27/2013 08:22 PM, cormogram at gmail.com wrote:
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> > Was trying os.execl() and got a "python.exe has stopped working" on my Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 desktop.
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> >
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> > I'm using Python 2.7.4 and that happens when the second arg is ''. For example:
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> >
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> > os.execl('filename.exe','')
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> >
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> >
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> > Wtf? :(
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> >
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> > http://postimg.org/image/vdliyuenh/
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> >
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> 
> Do you really have a program called  filename.exe ?
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> 
> 
> Are you by any chance running this inside some shell or debugger, like 
> 
> IDLE or KOMODO?  Or is it a GUI program ?  More specifically, does it 
> 
> still give an error like that if you have a two-line Python program:
> 
>     import os
> 
>     os.execl('filename.exe', '')
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> 
> 
> execl is supposed to replace the current (python) program, with the 
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> filename.exe one.  But if the current program has any OS resources in 
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> use (like file objects), they don't get flushed/released.
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> 
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> The execl was intended for use on Unix, and Windows can't really do what 
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> it's documented to do.
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> 
> 
> If you don't get any useful answers here, I'd suggest going to 
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> multiprocess module.
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> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> DaveA




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