Since commands.getstatusoutput() is such a trivial wrapper around os.popen(), why bother patching commands.py?
On 7/5/06, Brad Doctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > I have attached a patch for commands.py to provide a callback ability. > Example use: > > ------------------------------------- > import commands > > cmd = 'top -b -n2' > > def fancy(out): > print 'GOT(%s)' % out.strip() > > commands.cb = fancy > > (s,o) = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd) > print 'OUTPUT (%s)' % o > ------------------------------------- > > I am not sure if this is the proper forum or means to submit something like > this, so please forgive me and advise accordingly if I am in error. The > basic idea is obvious, to allow long-running commands to call back whenever > there is output. This is against python 2.4. Please let me know if you > have any questions or suggestions. > > thanks!! > -brad > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > > > > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
