Killing python program in Windows gracefully

Asked May 19 '17 at 04:10

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I am running a Python script in Windows which is basically a simple UDP server. Most of the time the program will wait on recv_data, addr = server_socket.recvfrom(2048). I have two issues:

I am not able to kill this program without closing the console. This is not a big issue as I can close the console and restart the program. But still...
Even when I close the console, most of the time, the socket is not getting closed properly. I could see the program in a killed state. So I have to change the port every time I restart. Even when I do not see the program in killed state and holding the socket, the server is not able to receive any packets. (And yes I am using SO_REUSEADDR for my server socket.)

Any ideas?

edited May 19 '17 at 04:17

Eryk Sun

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asked May 19 '17 at 04:10

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try the top answer to [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1112343/how-do-i-capture-sigint-in-python) – Nullman May 19 '17 at 04:13
`import sys sys.exit()` – whackamadoodle3000 May 19 '17 at 04:38

Killing python program in Windows gracefully

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