python 2.3 - remove directory without waiting for process to finish

Question

I wish to write a python script (to be run in Linux) that one of its requirements is to remove a directory. the problem is that the directory is very big and takes minutes to complete.

Problems:

I don't want the remove command to block script execution
most importantly I want the remove command to allow the script to finish its execution and keep working even after the script is terminated

is it doable?

Thanks in advance

You might want to take a read of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6011235/run-a-program-from-python-and-have-it-continue-to-run-after-the-script-is-kille and try that in Python 2.3... — johnsyweb, Dec 06 '12 at 11:25
Thank you. should have searched better. hope that'll do the trick. — idanshmu, Dec 06 '12 at 11:29
Sometimes it's hard to search if you don't know the key words! — johnsyweb, Dec 06 '12 at 11:35
Agree. I always post a question as a last resort. this time I gave in — idanshmu, Dec 06 '12 at 12:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '12 at 11:24

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One thing that would satisfy those requirements would be a daemon. Fork and then return from the main process. That way the remove call can block as much as it likes.

doRemove()
   fork()
   if child
      call huge remove
   else
      return

answered Dec 06 '12 at 11:24

dutt

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