I'm a developer on the matplotlib project, and I am having trouble with the
subprocess module on windows (Python 2.4.2 on winXP). No trouble to report
with linux. I need to use _subprocess instead of pywin32, but my trouble
exists with either option:
import subprocess
process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir'], stderr=subproce ss.STDOUT,
stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)
stat = process.wait()
print process.stdout. read()
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Traceback (most recent call last):
* File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Darren \Desktop\subpro cess_test.py",
line 3, in ?
* * process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir'], stderr=subproce ss.STDOUT,
stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)#, stdout=PIPE)
* File "C:\Python24\li b\subprocess.py ", line 533, in __init__
* * (p2cread, p2cwrite,
* File "C:\Python24\li b\subprocess.py ", line 593, in _get_handles
* * p2cread = self._make_inhe ritable(p2cread )
* File "C:\Python24\li b\subprocess.py ", line 634, in _make_inheritab le
* * DUPLICATE_SAME_ ACCESS)
TypeError: an integer is required
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If I change my script a bit, I get a different error:
import subprocess
process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir'])
stat = process.wait()
print process.stdout. read()
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
* File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Darren \Desktop\subpro cess_test.py",
line 3, in ?
* * process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir'])#, stderr=subproce ss.STDOUT,
stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)#, stdout=PIPE)
* File "C:\Python24\li b\subprocess.py ", line 542, in __init__
* * errread, errwrite)
* File "C:\Python24\li b\subprocess.py ", line 706, in _execute_child
* * startupinfo)
WindowsError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the file specified
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Darren 3 5496
Darren Dale wrote: If I change my script a bit, I get a different error:
import subprocess process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir']) stat = process.wait() print process.stdout. read()
WindowsError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the file specified
"dir" is a shell command under Windows, not an executable. to run
commands via the shell, use
process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir'], shell=True)
</F>
Fredrik Lundh wrote: Darren Dale wrote:
If I change my script a bit, I get a different error:
import subprocess process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir']) stat = process.wait() print process.stdout. read()
WindowsError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the file specified
"dir" is a shell command under Windows, not an executable. to run commands via the shell, use
process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir'], shell=True)
</F>
Thank You!
Darren Dale <dd**@cornell.e du> wrote: import subprocess process = subprocess.Pope n(['dir'], stderr=subproce ss.STDOUT, stdout=subproce ss.PIPE) stat = process.wait() print process.stdout. read()
You have already gotten the answer to why 'dir' doesn't work for
you, but there is a bug hiding in that code that you might not
notice in simple tests.
You are waiting for your subprocess to complete without reading
away what it prints. That will quickly fill the buffer available
in the pipe between you and the subprocess, and the subprocess
will block. Try calling Popen() with something that prints more
data, like ['find', '/', '-print'] on a Unix box, and you will
notice that problem.
What you should do is:
output = process.stdout. read()
stat = process.wait()
print output
Or, you could use the .communicate() method on the Popen object
instead of .stdout.read().
If you find yourself juggling several subprocesses running in
parallel, producing and/or consuming data "incrementally" , or
just trying to handle both sending input to and reading output
from a single subprocess without deadlocking, you may be helped
by using my asyncproc module, which you can download from http://www.lysator.liu.se/~bellman/d...d/asyncproc.py
I suspect that it only works on Unix, though.
--
Thomas Bellman, Lysator Computer Club, Linköping University, Sweden
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