Catching subprocess stdout stream

[Thomas Jansson]

Dear all

I have tkinkter based frontend to a Fortran based program. I use
subprocess to launch the fortran program as a child process and I wish
to see the output of the fortran program as it is created in the
console.

The fortran program can take up to 20 minuttes to finish and at the
moment the I will first see any output after the fortran program is
done. How make my function write the output of the process as it
comes?

def runprogram(Icom mand, Ijobfile, Ioutput):
if os.name == "posix":
os.system(pytho npath+"/bin/"+Icommand+ "< "+Ijobfile+ " | tee
"+Ioutput)
elif os.name == "nt":
import subprocess
ofile = open(Ioutput, 'w')
p = subprocess.Pope n([os.path.join(py thonpath, "bin", Icommand
+ '.exe')],
stdin=open(Ijob file,
"rb"),bufsize=1 024,shell=False ,
stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)

while p.poll() is None: #Check if child process has terminated.
o = p.stdout.readli ne()
ofile.writeline s(o)
print o,
ofile.close

Kind regards
Thomas Jansson

[Sean DiZazzo]

On Sep 8, 8:37*am, Thomas Jansson <tjansso...@gma il.comwrote:

Dear all

I have tkinkter based frontend to a Fortran based program. I use
subprocess to launch the fortran program as a child process and I wish
to see the output of the fortran program as it is created in the
console.

The fortran program can take up to 20 minuttes to finish and at the
moment the I will first see any output after the fortran program is
done. How make my function write the output of the process as it
comes?

def runprogram(Icom mand, Ijobfile, Ioutput):
* * if os.name == "posix":
* * * * os.system(pytho npath+"/bin/"+Icommand+ "< "+Ijobfile+ " | tee
"+Ioutput)
* * elif os.name == "nt":
* * * * import subprocess
* * * * ofile = open(Ioutput, 'w')
* * * * p = subprocess.Pope n([os.path.join(py thonpath, "bin", Icommand
+ '.exe')],
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *stdin=open(Ijo bfile,
"rb"),bufsize=1 024,shell=False ,
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *stdout=subproc ess.PIPE)

* * * * while p.poll() is None: #Check if child process has terminated.
* * * * * * o = p.stdout.readli ne()
* * * * * * ofile.writeline s(o)
* * * * * * print o,
* * * * ofile.close

Kind regards
Thomas Jansson

import threading, Queue, subprocess

class iCommand(thread ing.Thread):
def __init__ (self, iCommand, iJobFile, queue):
threading.Threa d.__init__(self )
self.iCommand = iCommand
self.queue = queue
self.iJobFile = iJobFile

def run(self):
p = subprocess.Pope n([os.path.join("C :/Python25", "bin",
self.iCommand + '.exe')],
stdin=open(self .iJobFile,
"rb"),bufsize=1 024,shell=False ,
stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)
while p.poll() == None:
q.put(p.stdout. readline())

command = "FOO"
jobFile = ="FAH"
aQueue = Queue.Queue()
fo = open("C:/temp/foo.out", 'w')

aThread = iCommand(comman d, jobFile, aQueue)
aThread.start()

while aThread.isAlive () or not aQueue.empty():
l = aQueue.get().rs trip()
fo.write(l)
print l

fo.close()

A bit of fun for a sleepless night...

~Sean

[Fredrik Lundh]

Sean DiZazzo wrote:

while aThread.isAlive () or not aQueue.empty():
l = aQueue.get().rs trip()
fo.write(l)
print l

fo.close()

A bit of fun for a sleepless night...

and unless you add a call to time.sleep somewhere in that loop, you'll
keep your CPU up all night as well...

</F>

[Michele Simionato]

On Sep 8, 5:37*pm, Thomas Jansson <tjansso...@gma il.comwrote:

Dear all

I have tkinkter based frontend to a Fortran based program. I use
subprocess to launch the fortran program as a child process and I wish
to see the output of the fortran program as it is created in the
console.

The fortran program can take up to 20 minuttes to finish and at the
moment the I will first see any output after the fortran program is
done. How make my function write the output of the process as it
comes?

Sometimes very low technology solutions may be enough. For instance on
Unix
you could call os.system on something like that:

xterm -e "the-fortran-executable|less "

Make sure the Fortran executable output is unbuffered.

Michele Simionato