I have a script that sends a request to an HTTP server.

HTTP server script (snippet):

...

class MyHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
  def do_GET(sa):
    pdict = cgi.parse_header(sa.headers.getheader('referer'))
    q = pdict[0]
    q = urllib.unquote(q)

    if q == "enternetixplorer" # basically just ignore this, doesn't have to do with the question
      sa.wfile.write("blah blah blah")
      # now restart server
      httpd.server_close()
      python = sys.executable
      os.execl(python, python, * sys.argv)

...

The "blah blah blah" is sent back, but the connection does not seem to close, and my script is waiting forever until I abort the server. (My thought is BaseHTTPServer automatically closes connection when the last part in "do_GET()" is computed, but I prevent this by restarting the script.)

If I'm right, how do I close the connection? If not, what else might be the problem?

Edit: The server script HAS to restart the entire program.