Hi Gareth, Did you get it working ? Would you mind posting an example?
thanks for the tip Raff! Best, Cris On 6 December 2012 15:12, Gareth Bell <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > Hi Raff,**** > > ** ** > > That's awesome.**** > > ** ** > > Forgive my ignorance but is it possible to run subprocess.Popen within > logic? As it is currently written it works outside of logic but not within > it.**** > > ** ** > > g**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Raffaele Fragapane > *Sent:* 06 December 2012 03:27 > *To:* **[email protected]** > *Subject:* Re: Python: subprocess caching**** > > ** ** > > The absolute dumbest way out of it is, in the same script, to copy the > siShell bat file, add a line at the end with xsibatch's call and parameters > the way you would manually call it in that shell, save it with a > predetermined name and location, then call Popen on that bat instead of the > base one. Delete the file once done. > > Hard to get any more straightforward than that if you have no particular > needs other than launching a bat.**** > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Cristobal Infante <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Hi guys,**** > > ** ** > > I would like to make python script that will: **** > > ** ** > > - call the command prompt. **** > > - cache a given scene, without opening the softimage gui.**** > > ** ** > > I know I can run: xsi -script cache.py, so that takes care of the events > inside soft.**** > > ** ** > > But how do I call the subprocess so it receives this commands? (xsi > -script)**** > > ** ** > > import subprocess**** > > proc = subprocess.Popen ("C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Softimage 2013 > SP1/Application/bin/SIShell.bat", shell=False )**** > > ** ** > > # this just opens the command prompt**** > > ** ** > > Any idea?**** > > ** ** > > Cheers,**** > > Cris**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are!**** >
