def kill_process(process_name):
    """ method is called to kill a running process """
    try:
        sys.stdout.write('killing: {0} {{ \n'.format(process_name))
        pid = get_process_pid(process_name)
        if pid is not None and psutil.pid_exists(int(pid)):
            p = psutil.Process(pid)
            p.kill()
            p.wait()
            remove_pid_file(process_name)
    except Exception as e:
        sys.stderr.write('Exception on killing {0} : {1} \n'.format(process_name, e))
    finally:
        sys.stdout.write('}')
def kill_process ( process_name ) : try : sys . stdout . write ( 'killing: {0} {{ \n' . format ( process_name ) ) pid = get_process_pid ( process_name ) if pid is not None and psutil . pid_exists ( int ( pid ) ) : p = psutil . Process ( pid ) p . kill ( ) p . wait ( ) remove_pid_file ( process_name ) except Exception as e : sys . stderr . write ( 'Exception on killing {0} : {1} \n' . format ( process_name , e ) ) finally : sys . stdout . write ( '}' )
method is called to kill a running process