"""
Use Python's subprocess library and the third-party psutil library to
  (1) call a .bat file and run as a subprocess,
  (2) continue to do some things in Python,
  (3) close the spawned subprocess, and then end the program.
"""
import subprocess
import time
import psutil

def pauseTime(num):
    print("\t", num)
    time.sleep(1)

# Kick off RUNSERVER.bat as a subprocess
proc = subprocess.Popen("RUNSERVER.bat", creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE)


# While subprocess is running in a new console window, print some things out to the original console window.
[pauseTime(num) for num in list(range(10))]

# Create a psutil object as pobj, and then kill all of its child processes.
pobj = psutil.Process(proc.pid)

for c in pobj.children(recursive=True):
    # list children & kill them
    c.kill()