[Python] Is there a way to stop running my python script from another python script?

I am currently making an audio recorder, and the script runs forever. I am currently trying to figure out a way to stop my audio recorder script, but I've had no such luck.

So far I've tried this user post: Stackoverflow Question, and tried this:

import os

os.system('pkill -f audio-recorder.py')


But, instead of just stopping it, it terminates it, which doesn't let my audio-recorder script shut down properly. See, my script is set up so that when the finally: block is reached it cleans everything up and stops recording, but if I use that user's answer it doesn't do that. Is there a way to accomplish what I'm doing, stopping a python script gently, not a full on kill?

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