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How to interrupt a process correctly in windows so catch and finally get executed.
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| from multiprocessing import Process, Queue | |
| from time import sleep | |
| import ctypes | |
| # WINDOWS ONLY!!! | |
| def interrupt_process(pid): | |
| CTRL_C_EVENT = 0x0 | |
| ctypes.windll.kernel32.GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent(CTRL_C_EVENT, pid) | |
| # DON'T USE THIS!!! THIS WON'T WORK AND GENERATES A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT |