On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:45:22 -0800, Evan wrote:
> Hello -
>
> i'm trying to call subprocess.popen on the 'command-based' function in
> linux. When I run the command from the shell, like so:
>
> goset -f ' "%s %s" name addr ' file_name
>
> it works fine
>
> however when I try to do it in python like so:
>
> p = subprocess.Popen(["goest",'-f \'\"%s %s\" name addr\' ',
> 'file_name'], shell=True)
>
> It always failed.
Yes because ``goset`` (I guess "goest" was a typo!?) has no option
`'-f '"%s %s" name addr' `. And you should decide if you want to split
the arguments yourself or if you want to use the shell. Mixing both
doesn't make much sense.
If *you* split the arguments, the call should look like this:
p = subprocess.Popen(['goset', '-f', ' "%s %s" name addr ', 'file_name'])
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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