New submission from Alex Quinn <aq2...@alexquinn.org>:
The documentation says subprocess replaces os.system(). However, subprocess
does not handle built-in Windows shell commands as os.system() does.
Works:
- os.system("dir /w")
- subprocess.Popen("cmd /c dir /w", stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
Does NOT work:
- Popen("dir /w", stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
- Popen(["dir", "/w"], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
Examples:
s:\d>python31
Python 3.1.2 (r312:79149, Mar 21 2010, 00:41:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
>>> Popen(["cmd", "/c", "dir", "/w"], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
..... (WORKED)
>>> Popen(["dir", "/w"], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
dir: cannot access /w: No such file or directory
b'' (DIDN'T WORK)
>>>
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components: IO, Library (Lib), Windows
messages: 105091
nosy: Alex Quinn
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: subprocess doesn't handle Windows built-in commands as os.system() does
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.1
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