otherwiseguy

otherwiseguy / deathsig

Created July 15, 2014 21:40

An example how in python on linux you can ensure that a signal gets passed to a child on its parent's death

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	from prctl import prctl, PDEATHSIG # https://pypi.python.org/pypi/prctl/1.0.1
	import signal as sig
	import subprocess


	p = subprocess.Popen(['yes'], preexec_fn=lambda: prctl(PDEATHSIG, sig.SIGTERM))
	p.communicate()