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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _terminate_process(self):
 """ Terminate the process if running """


        log.info("Stopping VPCS instance {} PID={}".format(self.name, self._process.pid))
        if sys.platform.startswith("win32"):
            self._process.send_signal(signal.CTRL_BREAK_EVENT)
        else:
            try:
                self._process.terminate()
            # Sometime the process may already be dead when we garbage collect
            except ProcessLookupError:
                pass