import sys from typing import Any, Callable if sys.platform == 'win32': import ctypes from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, HANDLE import subprocess PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION = ctypes.c_ulong(0x1000) kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32 OpenProcess: Callable[[DWORD, int, int], HANDLE] = kernel32.OpenProcess GetExitCodeProcess: Callable[[HANDLE, Any], int] = kernel32.GetExitCodeProcess else: import os import signal def alive(pid: int) -> bool: """Is the process alive?""" if sys.platform == 'win32': # why can't anything be easy... status = DWORD() handle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, 0, pid) GetExitCodeProcess(handle, ctypes.byref(status)) return status.value == 259 # STILL_ACTIVE else: try: os.kill(pid, 0) except OSError: return False return True def kill(pid: int) -> None: """Kill the process.""" if sys.platform == 'win32': subprocess.check_output(f"taskkill /pid {pid} /f /t") else: os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)