wait a process to finish in Python script

Question

I'm writing a Python script to run several executables one by one on Windows. I need to wait a program to finish before starting the next.

So the script will be like this.

1: launch a.exe
2: wait till a.exe finishes running
3: launch b.exe
4: wait till b.exe finishes

Anyone have an idea how to make the script waiting for a process to finish in Python?

Thanks

IMO You don't have to specially do anything, It just works the way you intend here. — nehem
– nehem, Commented Jun 8, 2016 at 4:41

Shivam Aggarwal · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-08 04:46:59Z

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If you wish to wait for your launched process, you can simply use subprocess.call() . This method executes the command in args and waits for it to complete. For reference, see this

import subprocess
subprocess.call(('someprog.exe', str(i)))

answered Jun 8, 2016 at 4:46

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cwahls Over a year ago

If you want each one to complete, use subprocess.check_call to see if they were successful or not.

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