On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:25:08 +0100, Tomas Pelka wrote: > have a problem with following piece of code: > > -------------------------------------------------- > import subprocess > > paattern = "python" > cmd = "/usr/bin/locate" > arg1 = " -i" > arg2 = " -d /var/www/books/mlocate.db" > arg3 = str(" " + pattern) > p1 = subprocess.Popen([cmd, arg1, arg2, arg3], shell=False, > stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
You probably want: arg1 = "-i" # no leading space arg2 = "-d" # no leading space arg3 = "/var/www/books/mlocate.db" arg4 = pattern p1 = subprocess.Popen([cmd, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4], ... > If I run this command > (/usr/bin/locate -i -d /var/www/books/mlocate.db python) from standard > shell everything goes fine. > > Could you please give me an advice what I'm doing wrong? You're putting spaces where they aren't wanted. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list