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genadyp commented Sep 12, 2023

How to launch independent subprocess in Python

https://stackoverflow.com/a/42499675

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
import platform
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

# set system/version dependent "start_new_session" analogs
kwargs = {}
if platform.system() == 'Windows':
    # from msdn [1]
    CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP = 0x00000200  # note: could get it from subprocess
    DETACHED_PROCESS = 0x00000008          # 0x8 | 0x200 == 0x208
    kwargs.update(creationflags=DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP, close_fds=True)  
elif sys.version_info < (3, 2):  # assume posix
    kwargs.update(preexec_fn=os.setsid)
else:  # Python 3.2+ and Unix
    kwargs.update(start_new_session=True)

p = Popen(["C"], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, **kwargs)
assert not p.poll()

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