On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 9:49 AM Johannes Findeisen <mail...@hanez.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 09:01:18 -0400 > Larry Martell via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > > I have a python script, and from that I want to run another script in > > a subprocess in a venv. What is the best way to do that? I could write > > a file that activates the venv then runs the script, then run that > > file, but that seems messy. Is there a better way? > > How do you do that?
How? Open a file and write the commands I need then invoke that. > It sounds messy but not wrong... > > I would activate the venv and then run my Python script. In the Python > script you can call another python script in a subprocess like this: > > import sys > import subprocess > > # https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#popen-constructor > proc = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "/path/to/an/otherscript.py"]) > > # https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#popen-objects > # Do your process communication/handling... proc.communicate(), > # proc.wait(), proc.terminate(), proc.kill() etc. > > Is this the answer you are looking for? > > Detailed docs: https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html I know how to use Popen. What I was missing was running the script using sys.executable. Thanks. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list