Method kill

pexpect/pty_spawn.py:715–723

This sends the given signal to the child application. In keeping with UNIX tradition it has a misleading name. It does not necessarily kill the child unless you send the right signal.

(self, sig)

        return alive

    def kill(self, sig):

        '''This sends the given signal to the child application. In keeping
        with UNIX tradition it has a misleading name. It does not necessarily
        kill the child unless you send the right signal. '''

        # Same as os.kill, but the pid is given for you.
        if self.isalive():
            os.kill(self.pid, sig)

    def getwinsize(self):
        '''This returns the terminal window size of the child tty. The return