def sendKillQuestion(renderhost, newStatus=KILLED):
"""Tries to kill the current task running on the renderhost. Returns True
if successful, otherwise False"""
logger.debug ('kill job on %s' % renderhost)
connection = TCPConnection(hostname=renderhost)
answer = connection.getAnswer(
KillCurrentJobQuestion(newStatus))
logger.debug("child killed: %s" % answer.childKilled)
if not answer.childKilled:
logger.debug("%r tried to kill its job but failed for some reason."
% renderhost)
return answer.childKilled
def sendRebootQuestion(renderhost):
connection = TCPConnection(hostname=renderhost)
answer = connection.getAnswer(CMDQuestion("shutdown /r /t 0"))
return answer
