mailsys_server/stop_ubuntu.py

import subprocess
import os
import signal
import json


PROCESS_NAME = 'rec_ubuntu.py'


devnull = open('/dev/null', 'w')

def kill_recorder():
    ps = subprocess.Popen(('ps', '-ef'), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    output = subprocess.check_output(('grep', PROCESS_NAME), stdin=ps.stdout).decode()    
    ps_number = output.split()    
    os.kill(int(ps_number[1]), signal.SIGINT)
    #with open (os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(JSON_PATH)), "w") as json_file:
    #        json.dump(conf,json_file, indent=4)

def main():
    kill_recorder()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()