use the subprocess library:
try:
    p = sh.ping("-c", "5", "www.bing.com", _bg=True, _bg_exc=False, 
                _out=sys.stdout, _err=sys.stderr)
    p.wait()
except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
    alive, _ = p.process.is_alive()
    if alive:
        p.process.terminate()what are the disadvantages of this way of ending an external process?
