What's unexpected about it? Child processes inherit all of the open file
descriptors of their parent. A socket is simply another open file
descriptor. When your parent process exits, your child still holds a valid,
open file descriptor.
import sys
import socket
import os
import time
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, 0)
s.bind(('', 8888))
pid = os.fork()
if pid > 0:
time.sleep(100)
elif pid == 0:
time.sleep(100)
$ lsof | grep python | grep jeff | grep 8888
python 13048 jeff 3u IPv4 212689 UDP
*:8888
python 13049 jeff 3u IPv4 212689 UDP
*:8888
-Jeff
On 7/19/07, alf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I need a help with explaining following behavior. Although it is not
python issue per say, python helped me to write sample programs and
originally I encountered the issue using python software. So let's
assume we have two following programs:
[myhost] ~> cat ss.py
import socket
UDPSock=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
UDPSock.bind(("",12345))
import os
os.system('python cc.py')
[myhost] ~> cat cc.py
import time
time.sleep(2036)
then I start master one, do ctrl-Z and bg.
[myhost] ~> python ss.py
Suspended
[myhost] ~> bg
[1] python ss.py &
[myhost] ~> ps
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
myuser00 3192 3189 0 14:57 pts/0 00:00:00 -tcsh
myuser00 3247 3192 0 14:57 pts/0 00:00:00 python ss.py
myuser00 3248 3247 0 14:57 pts/0 00:00:00 python cc.py
[myhost] ~> netstat -uanp |grep 12345
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:12345 0.0.0.0:*
3247/python
As expected netstat indicates process 3247 having port allocated. Then I
kill the master process and interestingly the child inherits the port
open.
[myhost] ~> kill 3247
[myhost] ~> netstat -uanp | grep 12345
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:12345 0.0.0.0:*
3248/python
[1] + Terminated python ss.py
Why it is happening? I know that os.system uses fork, but still this is
something unexpected.
Thx, Alf
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