trying to remind myself that running a subprocess under Win32 isn't a
pain in the ass... ];^)
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#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
original author
credits: chris levis
original sources found:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-August/336390.html
from python docs,
17.4 popen2 -- Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams
popen4(cmd [, bufsize[, mode]])
Executes cmd as a sub-process.
Returns the file objects (child_stdout_and_stderr,
child_stdin).
-- New in version 2.0.
If,
o bufsize, is provided, it specifies the buffer size for
the I/O pipes.
o mode, is provided, the string 'b' or 't';
- 'b' required on Windows for binary read access
- 't' (text mode) is default
'''
'''
External test file.
test_exit_code.py
---- start snippet ---------
import sys
print "hello, world"
sys.exit(-1)
---- end snippet -----------
'''
import win32pipe;
cmd = 'test_exit_code.py'
# open stdout pseudo file in textmode 't'
(stdin,stdout) = win32pipe.popen4( cmd, 't' );
stdin.close();
output = stdout.read();
try:
exitcode = stdout.close() or 0;
except IOError:
exitcode = ( -1 );
print output ## prints 'hello world'
print exitcode ## print '-1'
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