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('app')

[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('app')

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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