AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fork'
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Thu Aug 7 03:00:23 EDT 2014
Satish ML wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Code:
> import os, time
> def child(pipeout):
> zzz = 0
> while True:
> time.sleep(zzz)
> msg = ('Spam %03d' % zzz).encode()
> os.write(pipeout, msg)
> zzz = (zzz+1) % 5
> def parent():
> pipein, pipeout = os.pipe()
> if os.fork() == 0:
> child(pipeout)
> else:
> while True:
> line = os.read(pipein, 32)
> print('Parent %d got [%s] at %s' % (os.getpid(), line,
> time.time()))
> parent()
>
> Output:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "C:/Python34/pipe1.py", line 17, in <module>
> parent()
> File "C:/Python34/pipe1.py", line 11, in parent
> if os.fork() == 0:
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fork'
>
> Why does this error appear? Module os provides fork(). How to solve this
> problem? Kindly help.
Quoting <https://docs.python.org/dev/library/os.html#os.fork>:
"""
os.fork()
Fork a child process.
...
Availability: Unix.
"""
You are using the wrong operating system ;)
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