execute commands independantly

[Mike Tammerman]

Hi,

I am trying to execute an executable or a pyton script inside my
program. I looked at the subprocess and os module. But all the
functions in these modules blocks my application. What I want to do is
run the subprocess without any concern. I don't care of its return type
or child signals. Just start and let it run independantly.

Thanks,
Mike

[Leif K-Brooks]

Mike Tammerman wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to execute an executable or a pyton script inside my
program. I looked at the subprocess and os module. But all the
functions in these modules blocks my application.

subprocess doesn't block unless you call .wait():

from subprocess import Popen
proc = Popen('sleep 2; echo "Hello, world!"', shell=True)
print "In two seconds, something will happen."
proc.wait()
print "Did you see that?"

[Rune Strand]

Mike Tammerman wrote:

I am trying to execute an executable or a pyton script inside my
program. I looked at the subprocess and os module. But all the
functions in these modules blocks my application. What I want to do is
run the subprocess without any concern. I don't care of its return type
or child signals. Just start and let it run independantly.

If you don't need any output, os.system('app' ) should do.

[Eric McGraw]

If you want it to return when the program is finished then use
os.system('app' ) but if you just want to start it and return right
away, use os.startfile('a pp')

[Mike Tammerman]

You're right,

I tried subprocess.call and os.spawn* functions. Popen is what I will
be happy with.

Thanks a lot.

Mike

[Jorgen Grahn]

On 6 Sep 2005 08:07:12 -0700, Eric McGraw <th************ @gmail.com> wrote:

If you want it to return when the program is finished then use
os.system('app' ) but if you just want to start it and return right
away, use os.startfile('a pp')

That one is Windows-only, though -- at least in 2.3 where I live. The
os.spawn* family of calls are more portable, but I'm not sure it's a good
idea to just spawn-and-forget a process.

/Jorgen

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