375574 - script to kill firefox processes on win32

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Release Engineering :: General, defect)

Description

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

Require a script to kill firefox processes on win32. msys/cygwin available for scripting.

Comment 1

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

Attachment: killAndClobberWin.py

file to kill firefox before clobbering the objdir directory. Note that this was the *simplest* way I could find to actually wipe out a directory tree on windows through python. Most sites recommend implementing a recursive delete(!).

Comment 2

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

file installed in C:\Utilities and called from buildbot. Depends on installation of pskill.exe from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/pskill.mspx installed in C:\Utilities.