Python: is it possible to launch a process with a certain PID?

Question

I would like to launch a subprocess using subprocess.Popen().

Is it possible to assign a predetermined PID to that process?

Answer 1

As far as I'm aware, PID is assigned by the Operating system -- completely independent of subprocess. (In other words, No, you can't assign it -- at least not in any system independent way and without working at it extremely hard). You can get the child process's PID from Popen if that helps you at all...