Hi,
I want to use python as a "shell like" program,
and execute an external program in it( such as mv, cp, tar, gnuplot)
I tried:
os.execv("/bin/bash",("/usr/bin/gnuplot",'-c "gnuplot < plot.tmp"'))
since it's in a for-loop, it should be executed many times, but
It exits after the first time running.
so I have to use spawn* like this:
os.spawnlp(os.P _WAIT, 'gnuplot', 'gnuplot', 'plot.tmp')
It works very well.
My question is,
1. why my exec(..) command doesn't work?
2. exec* must be with fork ?
3. In what situation, we choose one over another ?
Thank you!
regards,
Lingyun 3 2358
Lingyun Yang wrote: I want to use python as a "shell like" program, and execute an external program in it( such as mv, cp, tar, gnuplot)
os.execv("/bin/bash",("/usr/bin/gnuplot",'-c "gnuplot < plot.tmp"'))
I would suggest checking out the "subprocess " module,
new in Python 2.4. It subsumes the functionality
of most of the alternative methods such as execv and
spawn and os.system(), and provides an arguably cleaner
interface.
-Peter
exec calls will replace the script process with the new process. From the execv documentation:
"These functions all execute a new program, replacing the current
process; they do not return. On Unix, the new executable is loaded
into the current process, and will have the same process ID as the
caller. Errors will be reported as OSError exceptions."
As Peter suggested, use the subprocess module in Python 2.4.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:00:45 GMT, Lingyun Yang <ji********@ins ightbb.com> wrote: Hi,
I want to use python as a "shell like" program, and execute an external program in it( such as mv, cp, tar, gnuplot) I tried:
os.execv("/bin/bash",("/usr/bin/gnuplot",'-c "gnuplot < plot.tmp"'))
since it's in a for-loop, it should be executed many times, but It exits after the first time running.
so I have to use spawn* like this:
os.spawnlp(os.P _WAIT, 'gnuplot', 'gnuplot', 'plot.tmp')
It works very well.
My question is,
1. why my exec(..) command doesn't work? 2. exec* must be with fork ? 3. In what situation, we choose one over another ?
Thank you!
regards, Lingyun -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Peter Hansen wrote: Lingyun Yang wrote:
I want to use python as a "shell like" program, and execute an external program in it( such as mv, cp, tar, gnuplot)
os.execv("/bin/bash",("/usr/bin/gnuplot",'-c "gnuplot < plot.tmp"'))
I would suggest checking out the "subprocess " module, new in Python 2.4. It subsumes the functionality of most of the alternative methods such as execv and spawn and os.system(), and provides an arguably cleaner interface.
-Peter
Thank you!
I got the document about subprocess, http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/...ubprocess.html This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics |
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