proc.send_signal(signal.SIGINT)

proc.send_signal(signal.CTRL_C_EVENT)

# Windows needs an extra argument passed to subprocess.Popen,
# but the constant isn't defined on Unix.
try: kwargs['creationflags'] = subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
except AttributeError: pass
proc = subprocess.Popen(argv,
                        stdin=open(os.path.devnull, "r"),
                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                        **kwargs)

import ctypes

ctypes.windll.kernel32.GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent(0, proc.pid) # 0 => Ctrl-C

#wrapper.py
import subprocess, time, signal, sys, os

def signal_handler(signal, frame):
  time.sleep(1)
  print 'Ctrl+C received in wrapper.py'

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
print "wrapper.py started"
subprocess.Popen("python demo.py")
time.sleep(3) #Replace with your IPC code here, which waits on a fire CTRL-C request
os.kill(signal.CTRL_C_EVENT, 0)

#demo.py

import signal, sys, time

def signal_handler(signal, frame):
  print 'Ctrl+C received in demo.py'
  time.sleep(1)
  sys.exit(0)

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
print 'demo.py started'
#signal.pause() # does not work under Windows
while(True):
  time.sleep(1)

PythonPrompt> import subprocess
PythonPrompt> subprocess.Popen("start python wrapper.py", shell=True)

>>> import winctrlc
>>> p1 = winctrlc.Popen("python demo.py")
>>> p2 = winctrlc.Popen("python demo.py")
>>> p3 = winctrlc.Popen("python demo.py")
>>> p2.send_ctrl_c()
>>> p1.send_ctrl_c()
>>> p3.send_ctrl_c()

import socket
import subprocess
import time
import random
import signal, os, sys


class Popen:
  _port = random.randint(10000, 50000)
  _connection = ''

  def _start_ctrl_c_wrapper(self, cmd):
    cmd_str = "start "" python winctrlc.py "+"""+cmd+"""+" "+str(self._port)
    subprocess.Popen(cmd_str, shell=True)

  def _create_connection(self):
    self._connection = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    self._connection.connect(('localhost', self._port))

  def send_ctrl_c(self):
    self._connection.send(Wrapper.TERMINATION_REQ)
    self._connection.close()

  def __init__(self, cmd):
    self._start_ctrl_c_wrapper(cmd)
    self._create_connection()


class Wrapper:
  TERMINATION_REQ = "Terminate with CTRL-C"

  def _create_connection(self, port):
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    s.bind(('localhost', port))
    s.listen(1)
    conn, addr = s.accept()
    return conn

  def _wait_on_ctrl_c_request(self, conn):
    while True:
      data = conn.recv(1024)
      if data == self.TERMINATION_REQ:
        ctrl_c_received = True
        break
      else:
        ctrl_c_received = False
    return ctrl_c_received

  def _cleanup_and_fire_ctrl_c(self, conn):
    conn.close()
    os.kill(signal.CTRL_C_EVENT, 0)

  def _signal_handler(self, signal, frame):
    time.sleep(1)
    sys.exit(0)

  def __init__(self, cmd, port):
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self._signal_handler)
    subprocess.Popen(cmd)
    conn = self._create_connection(port)
    ctrl_c_req_received = self._wait_on_ctrl_c_request(conn)
    if ctrl_c_req_received:
      self._cleanup_and_fire_ctrl_c(conn)
    else:
      sys.exit(0)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  command_string = sys.argv[1]
  port_no = int(sys.argv[2])
  Wrapper(command_string, port_no)

import subprocess, time, signal, sys, os
command = '"C:\Program Files\fio\fio.exe" --rw=randrw --bs=1M --numjobs=8 --iodepth=64 --direct=1 '
    '--sync=0 --ioengine=windowsaio --name=test --loops=10000 '
    '--size=99901800 --rwmixwrite=100 --do_verify=0 --filename=I\:\test '
    '--thread --output=C:\output.txt'
def signal_handler(signal, frame):
  time.sleep(1)
  print 'Ctrl+C received in wrapper.py'

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
print 'command Starting'
subprocess.Popen(command)
print 'command started'
time.sleep(15)
print 'Timeout Completed'
os.kill(signal.CTRL_C_EVENT, 0)