In Python, how do I execute a .exe file, and stop it after n seconds?

Question

I am using "subprocess" to execute a .exe file from a Python script. I need to do this in a loop, ie start the .exe, run it for a minute, kill it, do it all over again.

I am using subprocess.check_call to execute it with arguments, but I don't know how to stop it.

Answer 1

subprocess.check_call is used to check the returned value - use subprocess.Popen this returns a process ID, (pid), which can be used after your time limit with pid.terminate() to end the process, (kill it).