Sending ^C to Python subprocess objects on Windows

There is a solution by using a wrapper (as described in the link Vinay provided) which is started in a new console window with the Windows start command. Code of the wrapper: #wrapper.py import subprocess, time, signal, sys, os def signal_handler(signal, frame): time.sleep(1) print ‘Ctrl+C received in wrapper.py’ signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler) print “wrapper.py started” subprocess.Popen(“python demo.py”) … Read more

Run a shortcut with a batch file

The help for start contains this tidbit: START [“title”] [/D path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED] [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL] [/NODE <NUMA node>] [/AFFINITY <hex affinity mask>] [/WAIT] [/B] [command/program] [parameters] “title” Title to display in window title bar. In other words the first quoted string will … Read more

XAMPP Object not found error

Object not found! The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again. You’re having problem because the object really doesn’t exist in your htdocs directory. You don’t have to append xampp after localhost or 127.0.0.1 because xampp will treat it as an … Read more

How to run an awk commands in Windows?

If you want to avoid including the full path to awk, you need to update your PATH variable to include the path to the directory where awk is located, then you can just type awk to run your programs. Go to Control Panel->System->Advanced and set your PATH environment variable to include “C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin” at … Read more