asyncio process.terminate is a non-blocking Process method that sends SIGTERM to a subprocess. Use it when waiting for the subprocess exceeds an allowed timeout, then await process.wait() to collect completion. section 13.1
Asyncio process.terminate
asyncio process.terminate is a non-blocking method that sends SIGTERM to the represented subprocess.
How Python Concurrency with asyncio covers it
- How deep it goes
- Demonstrates termination in runnable timeout-handling code but does not detail signal delivery internals.
- Examples
- Uses a three-second sleep subprocess, a one-second wait_for timeout, and a resulting status output of -15.
- What it assumes
- Assumes familiarity with asyncio coroutines, subprocess creation, and awaiting Process.wait().
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it by terminating a subprocess after asyncio.wait_for raises asyncio.TimeoutError, then awaiting its final status.
- How it connects
- Connects Process termination with asyncio subprocess creation, asyncio.wait_for, process.wait(), and SIGTERM.
Related concepts
- SIGTERMuses · SIGTERM is an operating-system signal conventionally used to request that a process terminate, typically allowing orderly shutdown.
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