# NOTE: win32 support is currently experimental, and not recommended # for production use. from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, with_statement import ctypes import ctypes.wintypes # See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724935(VS.85).aspx SetHandleInformation = ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetHandleInformation SetHandleInformation.argtypes = (ctypes.wintypes.HANDLE, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD) SetHandleInformation.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT = 0x00000001 def set_close_exec(fd): success = SetHandleInformation(fd, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0) if not success: raise ctypes.GetLastError()