[subprocess] Forum Topics

Hello all, My question is hopefully particular enough to not relate to any of the other ones that I've read. I'm wanting to use subprocess and multiprocessing to spawn a bunch of jobs serially and return the return code to me. The problem is that I don't want to wait() …

i am trying to recieve input from external text editor using python's `subprocess` but I am not sure why i am getting the error diff = subprocess.Popen('open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "foo.txt") "w")', stdout=subprocess.PIPE) pr = subprocess.Popen(sublime, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True, stdin=diff.stdout) pr.wait() if pr.returncode == 0: msg = pr.stdout.read() print msg er = pr.stderr.read() …

Is there any way to start an application with python and count how much time does it take to completely load, any idea if I can do it with os.syste, or subprocess.Popen ?

/home/nikos/public_html/cgi-bin/metrites.py in () 217 template = htmldata + counter 218 elif page.endswith('.py'): => 219 htmldata = subprocess.check_output( '/home/nikos/public_html/cgi-bin/' + page ) 220 template = htmldata.decode('utf-8').replace( 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8', '' ) + counter 221 htmldata undefined, subprocess = <module 'subprocess' from '/opt/python3/lib/python3.3/subprocess.py'>, subprocess.check_output = <function check_output>, page = 'files.py' /opt/python3/lib/python3.3/subprocess.py in …

Hi I am trying to run a python script which has this code snippet: process = subprocess.Popen('./start_ws.pl') process.wait() os.system('make') The perl script started changes environmental variables and enters into new subshell. After entering into new subshell, the commands below script os.system('make') goes unnoticed.They get executed only if i exit from …

This small code example shows you how to approach the beginning concept of an very simple "IDE" for Python.

I'm trying to do something simple like get calc.exe to start minimized, but it's not happening. import subprocess import win32gui import win32con info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO() info.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW info.wShowWindow = win32con.SW_SHOWMINIMIZED x = subprocess.Popen("calc.exe", startupinfo = info) It pops up the same as always, no matter what I provide for …

I've got an application that I call several times in a for loop using subprocess.call. Every time I call it, it starts minimized. I want it to be in a restored window. So what I've tried to do is get a handle on the window using win32gui.FindWindow. But in my …

I'm trying to open a tex file from within python, tell the tex editor to run (manually you would press ctrl + T) and finally close the program. So far I can only figure out how to open and close the program. this is what I have so far... os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, …

Hi Guys, I'm new to python - how to execute dos2unix from python - subprocess.popen with shell = False ? >>> cmd = subprocess.Popen(["dos2unix","./FEED1/bin/*"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) dos2unix: converting file ./FEED1/bin/* to UNIX format ... >>> dos2unix: problems converting file ./FEED1/bin/* All help appreciated.

Hi. I want to run some shell commands on linux machine with python Popen, for ex. "ping". How I can terminate the process, if it isn't finished normally in a given time? I've tried write some code, can anybody improve it or give some better idea? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanx. …

Hi, I have a for-loop, and in each iteration I have to open a dos-command. I use the subprocess module for this: [code=python] fid1=open("test.txt", 'w') p=subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=fid1, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True) fid1.close() [/code] The output of the dos-command is written to the txt-file, but I still need to terminate the process p. …

Hi guys, I need your help. I am using python to synchronize several c programs. For one of these programs I need a dynamic interaction. I know there are several option: I am interested in the simplest one becouse I am noob. Python code and C code have to exange …

Good day. I would need an advice about sys.stdout and sys.stderr. I use Python 2.6, on Windows XP SP3, but i think the question is the same for UNIX/ MAC computers. I tried all possible combinations before posting this message, so ANY advice would be great. I work with "subprocess" …