[web2py] How to a web2py environment along to subprocess?

[Ian W. Scott]

I'm running a file like this:

    python ~/web/web2py/web2py.py -S paideia -M -R 
applications/paideia/bin/runtest.py

Then I launch a subprocess from runtest.py like this:

        proc = subprocess.Popen("py.test {}".format(test_dir),
                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                    shell=True)
        stdout_val, stderr_val = proc.communicate()

is there any way to expose the web2py environment from runtest.py to the 
new subprocess?

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