os.fork() is not supported on Windows

Andrey Somov — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:25:47 -0000

PyJdbc does not work on Windows:

C:\tools\pyjdbc-0.2>python test/connectiontest2.py
Starting IceBox...E
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ERROR: tests creation of a Connection object
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test/connectiontest2.py", line 53, in setUp
configFile=self.configFile)
File "C:\tools\pyjdbc-0.2\python\pyjdbc\db.py", line 363, in connect
db = getDbProxy(host, portbase, secure, compressed, configFile)
File "C:\tools\pyjdbc-0.2\python\pyjdbc\server.py", line 181, in getDbProxy
maybeStartIceBox(portbase)
File "C:\tools\pyjdbc-0.2\python\pyjdbc\server.py", line 151, in maybeStartIceBox
if _startIceBox(portbase):
File "C:\tools\pyjdbc-0.2\python\pyjdbc\server.py", line 71, in _startIceBox
pid = os.fork()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fork'

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Ran 1 test in 2.188s

FAILED (errors=1)

C:\tools\pyjdbc-0.2>python
Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> print os.fork()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fork'
>>>

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os.fork() is not supported on Windows