amfr...@web.de writes: > Hi, > > i have a program that have to execute linux commands. I do it like this: > > retcode = Popen(["xterm", "-e", command],stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, > stderr=PIPE) > > I have to use xterm because some commands need further input from the > user after they are executed. > But when i use xterm i can't get the returncode or the errormessage > from a command: > > print retcode.returncode # always 0 > print retcode.stderr.read() # always empty > print retcode.stdout.read() # always empty > > The same code works without xterm. As i understand it, if i use xterm > the retcode refers to the xterm window (process). > But is there a way i can get the returncode and errormessage of the > command i sent to xterm ?
You could create a python-wrapper-script that will store the result and streams in files. Like this command = ["callwrapper", "--dest-key=<random_string>", "the_real_command"] Popen(["xterm", "-e", command]) The dest-key will be used to create files named <random_string>.status, <random_string>.stdout, <random_string>.stderr so that you can read from them afterwards. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
