On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:24:29 -0400 Not To Miss <not.to.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a question on subprocess.Popen, as shown comparably below. When I ran > 1.py, it prints "0". I don't understand how the file is empty. Isn't it > flushed when the file object "out" is closed? On the other hand, running > 2.py prints correct value. > > ####### 1.py ########## > from subprocess import * > out = open('foo.t', 'w') > a = Popen('ls -l', shell = True, stdout = out)
If you drop the "a = " part it will work. If you need the object then simply delete it (del a) when you are done with it. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list