I think sh is *nix only. Another nice shell tool I've been looking at is Sarge http://sarge.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ Fully cross-platform Py3 capable.
However this command looks like a simpler solution, I look forward to checking it out, I expect I'll be abandoning my home-brew code for the new '@button make-sphinx' nice. Thanks, Kent On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 07:18:05 -0700 (PDT) > "Edward K. Ream" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The g.execute_shell_commands function executes a list of shell commands, >> each in a separate processes. >> *Important*: unlike subprocess.call, each command in the list is a separate >> command (commands are not concatenated). > > Don't for get also leo/extensions/sh.py > http://amoffat.github.io/sh/ > > Very comfortable interface to command line tools. > > Cheers -Terry > >> This function waits for each command to complete, unless the command starts >> with '&'. For example:: >> >> g.execute_shell_commands(['echo hello','echo world','&pwd']) >> >> Here it is:: >> >> def execute_shell_commands(commands,trace = False): >> ''' >> Execute each shell command in a separate process. >> Wait for each command to complete, except those starting with '&' >> ''' >> for command in commands: >> wait = not command.startswith('&') >> if command.startswith('&'): command = command[1:].strip() >> if trace: g.trace('wait',wait,'command',command) >> proc = subprocess.Popen(command,shell=True) >> if wait: proc.communicate() >> >> I have used g.execute_shell_command to great effect in @button make-sphinx >> in LeoDocs.leo. >> I'll discuss this next in a reply to the thread "@button make-html >> @key=Alt-period". >> >> Edward >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
