mysubprocess.py

   1 # subprocess - Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams
   2 #
   3 # For more information about this module, see PEP 324.
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   5 # Copyright (c) 2003-2004 by Peter Astrand <astrand@lysator.liu.se>
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  27
  28 r"""subprocess - Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams
  29
  30 This module allows you to spawn processes, connect to their
  31 input/output/error pipes, and obtain their return codes.  This module
  32 intends to replace several other, older modules and functions, like:
  33
  34 os.system
  35 os.spawn*
  36 os.popen*
  37 popen2.*
  38 commands.*
  39
  40 Information about how the subprocess module can be used to replace these
  41 modules and functions can be found below.
  42
  43
  44
  45 Using the subprocess module
  46 ===========================
  47 This module defines one class called Popen:
  48
  49 class Popen(args, bufsize=0, executable=None,
  50             stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None,
  51             preexec_fn=None, close_fds=False, shell=False,
  52             cwd=None, env=None, universal_newlines=False,
  53             startupinfo=None, creationflags=0):
  54
  55
  56 Arguments are:
  57
  58 args should be a string, or a sequence of program arguments.  The
  59 program to execute is normally the first item in the args sequence or
  60 string, but can be explicitly set by using the executable argument.
  61
  62 On UNIX, with shell=False (default): In this case, the Popen class
  63 uses os.execvp() to execute the child program.  args should normally
  64 be a sequence.  A string will be treated as a sequence with the string
  65 as the only item (the program to execute).
  66
  67 On UNIX, with shell=True: If args is a string, it specifies the
  68 command string to execute through the shell.  If args is a sequence,
  69 the first item specifies the command string, and any additional items
  70 will be treated as additional shell arguments.
  71
  72 On Windows: the Popen class uses CreateProcess() to execute the child
  73 program, which operates on strings.  If args is a sequence, it will be
  74 converted to a string using the list2cmdline method.  Please note that
  75 not all MS Windows applications interpret the command line the same
  76 way: The list2cmdline is designed for applications using the same
  77 rules as the MS C runtime.
  78
  79 bufsize, if given, has the same meaning as the corresponding argument
  80 to the built-in open() function: 0 means unbuffered, 1 means line
  81 buffered, any other positive value means use a buffer of
  82 (approximately) that size.  A negative bufsize means to use the system
  83 default, which usually means fully buffered.  The default value for
  84 bufsize is 0 (unbuffered).
  85
  86 stdin, stdout and stderr specify the executed programs' standard
  87 input, standard output and standard error file handles, respectively.
  88 Valid values are PIPE, an existing file descriptor (a positive
  89 integer), an existing file object, and None.  PIPE indicates that a
  90 new pipe to the child should be created.  With None, no redirection
  91 will occur; the child's file handles will be inherited from the
  92 parent.  Additionally, stderr can be STDOUT, which indicates that the
  93 stderr data from the applications should be captured into the same
  94 file handle as for stdout.
  95
  96 If preexec_fn is set to a callable object, this object will be called
  97 in the child process just before the child is executed.
  98
  99 If close_fds is true, all file descriptors except 0, 1 and 2 will be
 100 closed before the child process is executed.
 101
 102 if shell is true, the specified command will be executed through the
 103 shell.
 104
 105 If cwd is not None, the current directory will be changed to cwd
 106 before the child is executed.
 107
 108 If env is not None, it defines the environment variables for the new
 109 process.
 110
 111 If universal_newlines is true, the file objects stdout and stderr are
 112 opened as a text files, but lines may be terminated by any of '\n',
 113 the Unix end-of-line convention, '\r', the Macintosh convention or
 114 '\r\n', the Windows convention.  All of these external representations
 115 are seen as '\n' by the Python program.  Note: This feature is only
 116 available if Python is built with universal newline support (the
 117 default).  Also, the newlines attribute of the file objects stdout,
 118 stdin and stderr are not updated by the communicate() method.
 119
 120 The startupinfo and creationflags, if given, will be passed to the
 121 underlying CreateProcess() function.  They can specify things such as
 122 appearance of the main window and priority for the new process.
 123 (Windows only)
 124
 125
 126 This module also defines two shortcut functions:
 127
 128 call(*args, **kwargs):
 129     Run command with arguments.  Wait for command to complete, then
 130     return the returncode attribute.
 131
 132     The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 133
 134     retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
 135
 136
 137 Exceptions
 138 ----------
 139 Exceptions raised in the child process, before the new program has
 140 started to execute, will be re-raised in the parent.  Additionally,
 141 the exception object will have one extra attribute called
 142 'child_traceback', which is a string containing traceback information
 143 from the childs point of view.
 144
 145 The most common exception raised is OSError.  This occurs, for
 146 example, when trying to execute a non-existent file.  Applications
 147 should prepare for OSErrors.
 148
 149 A ValueError will be raised if Popen is called with invalid arguments.
 150
 151
 152 Security
 153 --------
 154 Unlike some other popen functions, this implementation will never call
 155 /bin/sh implicitly.  This means that all characters, including shell
 156 metacharacters, can safely be passed to child processes.
 157
 158
 159 Popen objects
 160 =============
 161 Instances of the Popen class have the following methods:
 162
 163 poll()
 164     Check if child process has terminated.  Returns returncode
 165     attribute.
 166
 167 wait()
 168     Wait for child process to terminate.  Returns returncode attribute.
 169
 170 communicate(input=None)
 171     Interact with process: Send data to stdin.  Read data from stdout
 172     and stderr, until end-of-file is reached.  Wait for process to
 173     terminate.  The optional stdin argument should be a string to be
 174     sent to the child process, or None, if no data should be sent to
 175     the child.
 176
 177     communicate() returns a tuple (stdout, stderr).
 178
 179     Note: The data read is buffered in memory, so do not use this
 180     method if the data size is large or unlimited.
 181
 182 The following attributes are also available:
 183
 184 stdin
 185     If the stdin argument is PIPE, this attribute is a file object
 186     that provides input to the child process.  Otherwise, it is None.
 187
 188 stdout
 189     If the stdout argument is PIPE, this attribute is a file object
 190     that provides output from the child process.  Otherwise, it is
 191     None.
 192
 193 stderr
 194     If the stderr argument is PIPE, this attribute is file object that
 195     provides error output from the child process.  Otherwise, it is
 196     None.
 197
 198 pid
 199     The process ID of the child process.
 200
 201 returncode
 202     The child return code.  A None value indicates that the process
 203     hasn't terminated yet.  A negative value -N indicates that the
 204     child was terminated by signal N (UNIX only).
 205
 206
 207 Replacing older functions with the subprocess module
 208 ====================================================
 209 In this section, "a ==> b" means that b can be used as a replacement
 210 for a.
 211
 212 Note: All functions in this section fail (more or less) silently if
 213 the executed program cannot be found; this module raises an OSError
 214 exception.
 215
 216 In the following examples, we assume that the subprocess module is
 217 imported with "from subprocess import *".
 218
 219
 220 Replacing /bin/sh shell backquote
 221 ---------------------------------
 222 output=`mycmd myarg`
 223 ==>
 224 output = Popen(["mycmd", "myarg"], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
 225
 226
 227 Replacing shell pipe line
 228 -------------------------
 229 output=`dmesg | grep hda`
 230 ==>
 231 p1 = Popen(["dmesg"], stdout=PIPE)
 232 p2 = Popen(["grep", "hda"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
 233 output = p2.communicate()[0]
 234
 235
 236 Replacing os.system()
 237 ---------------------
 238 sts = os.system("mycmd" + " myarg")
 239 ==>
 240 p = Popen("mycmd" + " myarg", shell=True)
 241 sts = os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)
 242
 243 Note:
 244
 245 * Calling the program through the shell is usually not required.
 246
 247 * It's easier to look at the returncode attribute than the
 248   exitstatus.
 249
 250 A more real-world example would look like this:
 251
 252 try:
 253     retcode = call("mycmd" + " myarg", shell=True)
 254     if retcode < 0:
 255         print >>sys.stderr, "Child was terminated by signal", -retcode
 256     else:
 257         print >>sys.stderr, "Child returned", retcode
 258 except OSError, e:
 259     print >>sys.stderr, "Execution failed:", e
 260
 261
 262 Replacing os.spawn*
 263 -------------------
 264 P_NOWAIT example:
 265
 266 pid = os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, "/bin/mycmd", "mycmd", "myarg")
 267 ==>
 268 pid = Popen(["/bin/mycmd", "myarg"]).pid
 269
 270
 271 P_WAIT example:
 272
 273 retcode = os.spawnlp(os.P_WAIT, "/bin/mycmd", "mycmd", "myarg")
 274 ==>
 275 retcode = call(["/bin/mycmd", "myarg"])
 276
 277
 278 Vector example:
 279
 280 os.spawnvp(os.P_NOWAIT, path, args)
 281 ==>
 282 Popen([path] + args[1:])
 283
 284
 285 Environment example:
 286
 287 os.spawnlpe(os.P_NOWAIT, "/bin/mycmd", "mycmd", "myarg", env)
 288 ==>
 289 Popen(["/bin/mycmd", "myarg"], env={"PATH": "/usr/bin"})
 290
 291
 292 Replacing os.popen*
 293 -------------------
 294 pipe = os.popen(cmd, mode='r', bufsize)
 295 ==>
 296 pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=bufsize, stdout=PIPE).stdout
 297
 298 pipe = os.popen(cmd, mode='w', bufsize)
 299 ==>
 300 pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=bufsize, stdin=PIPE).stdin
 301
 302
 303 (child_stdin, child_stdout) = os.popen2(cmd, mode, bufsize)
 304 ==>
 305 p = Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=bufsize,
 306           stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, close_fds=True)
 307 (child_stdin, child_stdout) = (p.stdin, p.stdout)
 308
 309
 310 (child_stdin,
 311  child_stdout,
 312  child_stderr) = os.popen3(cmd, mode, bufsize)
 313 ==>
 314 p = Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=bufsize,
 315           stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True)
 316 (child_stdin,
 317  child_stdout,
 318  child_stderr) = (p.stdin, p.stdout, p.stderr)
 319
 320
 321 (child_stdin, child_stdout_and_stderr) = os.popen4(cmd, mode, bufsize)
 322 ==>
 323 p = Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=bufsize,
 324           stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, close_fds=True)
 325 (child_stdin, child_stdout_and_stderr) = (p.stdin, p.stdout)
 326
 327
 328 Replacing popen2.*
 329 ------------------
 330 Note: If the cmd argument to popen2 functions is a string, the command
 331 is executed through /bin/sh.  If it is a list, the command is directly
 332 executed.
 333
 334 (child_stdout, child_stdin) = popen2.popen2("somestring", bufsize, mode)
 335 ==>
 336 p = Popen(["somestring"], shell=True, bufsize=bufsize
 337           stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, close_fds=True)
 338 (child_stdout, child_stdin) = (p.stdout, p.stdin)
 339
 340
 341 (child_stdout, child_stdin) = popen2.popen2(["mycmd", "myarg"], bufsize, mode)
 342 ==>
 343 p = Popen(["mycmd", "myarg"], bufsize=bufsize,
 344           stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, close_fds=True)
 345 (child_stdout, child_stdin) = (p.stdout, p.stdin)
 346
 347 The popen2.Popen3 and popen3.Popen4 basically works as subprocess.Popen,
 348 except that:
 349
 350 * subprocess.Popen raises an exception if the execution fails
 351 * the capturestderr argument is replaced with the stderr argument.
 352 * stdin=PIPE and stdout=PIPE must be specified.
 353 * popen2 closes all filedescriptors by default, but you have to specify
 354   close_fds=True with subprocess.Popen.
 355
 356
 357 """
 358
 359 import sys
 360 mswindows = (sys.platform == "win32")
 361
 362 import os
 363 import types
 364 import traceback
 365
 366 if mswindows:
 367     import threading
 368     import msvcrt
 369     if 0: # <-- change this to use pywin32 instead of the _subprocess driver
 370         import pywintypes
 371         from win32api import GetStdHandle, STD_INPUT_HANDLE, \
 372                              STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, STD_ERROR_HANDLE
 373         from win32api import GetCurrentProcess, DuplicateHandle, \
 374                              GetModuleFileName, GetVersion
 375         from win32con import DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS, SW_HIDE
 376         from win32pipe import CreatePipe
 377         from win32process import CreateProcess, STARTUPINFO, \
 378                                  GetExitCodeProcess, STARTF_USESTDHANDLES, \
 379                                  STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE
 380         from win32event import WaitForSingleObject, INFINITE, WAIT_OBJECT_0
 381     else:
 382         from _subprocess import *
 383         class STARTUPINFO:
 384             dwFlags = 0
 385             hStdInput = None
 386             hStdOutput = None
 387             hStdError = None
 388         class pywintypes:
 389             error = IOError
 390 else:
 391     import select
 392     import errno
 393     import fcntl
 394     import pickle
 395
 396 __all__ = ["Popen", "PIPE", "STDOUT", "call"]
 397
 398 try:
 399     MAXFD = os.sysconf("SC_OPEN_MAX")
 400 except:
 401     MAXFD = 256
 402
 403 # True/False does not exist on 2.2.0
 404 try:
 405     False
 406 except NameError:
 407     False = 0
 408     True = 1
 409
 410 _active = []
 411
 412 def _cleanup():
 413     for inst in _active[:]:
 414         inst.poll()
 415
 416 PIPE = -1
 417 STDOUT = -2
 418
 419
 420 def call(*args, **kwargs):
 421     """Run command with arguments.  Wait for command to complete, then
 422     return the returncode attribute.
 423
 424     The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 425
 426     retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
 427     """
 428     return Popen(*args, **kwargs).wait()
 429
 430
 431 def list2cmdline(seq):
 432     """
 433     Translate a sequence of arguments into a command line
 434     string, using the same rules as the MS C runtime:
 435
 436     1) Arguments are delimited by white space, which is either a
 437        space or a tab.
 438
 439     2) A string surrounded by double quotation marks is
 440        interpreted as a single argument, regardless of white space
 441        contained within.  A quoted string can be embedded in an
 442        argument.
 443
 444     3) A double quotation mark preceded by a backslash is
 445        interpreted as a literal double quotation mark.
 446
 447     4) Backslashes are interpreted literally, unless they
 448        immediately precede a double quotation mark.
 449
 450     5) If backslashes immediately precede a double quotation mark,
 451        every pair of backslashes is interpreted as a literal
 452        backslash.  If the number of backslashes is odd, the last
 453        backslash escapes the next double quotation mark as
 454        described in rule 3.
 455     """
 456
 457     # See
 458     # http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vccelng/htm/progs_12.asp
 459     result = []
 460     needquote = False
 461     for arg in seq:
 462         bs_buf = []
 463
 464         # Add a space to separate this argument from the others
 465         if result:
 466             result.append(' ')
 467
 468         needquote = (" " in arg) or ("\t" in arg)
 469         if needquote:
 470             result.append('"')
 471
 472         for c in arg:
 473             if c == '\\':
 474                 # Don't know if we need to double yet.
 475                 bs_buf.append(c)
 476             elif c == '"':
 477                 # Double backspaces.
 478                 result.append('\\' * len(bs_buf)*2)
 479                 bs_buf = []
 480                 result.append('\\"')
 481             else:
 482                 # Normal char
 483                 if bs_buf:
 484                     result.extend(bs_buf)
 485                     bs_buf = []
 486                 result.append(c)
 487
 488         # Add remaining backspaces, if any.
 489         if bs_buf:
 490             result.extend(bs_buf)
 491
 492         if needquote:
 493             result.extend(bs_buf)
 494             result.append('"')
 495
 496     return ''.join(result)
 497
 498
 499 class Popen(object):
 500     def __init__(self, args, bufsize=0, executable=None,
 501                  stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None,
 502                  preexec_fn=None, close_fds=False, shell=False,
 503                  cwd=None, env=None, universal_newlines=False,
 504                  startupinfo=None, creationflags=0):
 505         """Create new Popen instance."""
 506         _cleanup()
 507
 508         if not isinstance(bufsize, (int, long)):
 509             raise TypeError("bufsize must be an integer")
 510
 511         if mswindows:
 512             if preexec_fn is not None:
 513                 raise ValueError("preexec_fn is not supported on Windows "
 514                                  "platforms")
 515             if close_fds:
 516                 raise ValueError("close_fds is not supported on Windows "
 517                                  "platforms")
 518         else:
 519             # POSIX
 520             if startupinfo is not None:
 521                 raise ValueError("startupinfo is only supported on Windows "
 522                                  "platforms")
 523             if creationflags != 0:
 524                 raise ValueError("creationflags is only supported on Windows "
 525                                  "platforms")
 526
 527         self.stdin = None
 528         self.stdout = None
 529         self.stderr = None
 530         self.pid = None
 531         self.returncode = None
 532         self.universal_newlines = universal_newlines
 533
 534         # Input and output objects. The general principle is like
 535         # this:
 536         #
 537         # Parent                   Child
 538         # ------                   -----
 539         # p2cwrite   ---stdin--->  p2cread
 540         # c2pread    <--stdout---  c2pwrite
 541         # errread    <--stderr---  errwrite
 542         #
 543         # On POSIX, the child objects are file descriptors.  On
 544         # Windows, these are Windows file handles.  The parent objects
 545         # are file descriptors on both platforms.  The parent objects
 546         # are None when not using PIPEs. The child objects are None
 547         # when not redirecting.
 548
 549         (p2cread, p2cwrite,
 550          c2pread, c2pwrite,
 551          errread, errwrite) = self._get_handles(stdin, stdout, stderr)
 552
 553         self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
 554                             cwd, env, universal_newlines,
 555                             startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
 556                             p2cread, p2cwrite,
 557                             c2pread, c2pwrite,
 558                             errread, errwrite)
 559
 560         if p2cwrite:
 561             self.stdin = os.fdopen(p2cwrite, 'wb', bufsize)
 562         if c2pread:
 563             if universal_newlines:
 564                 self.stdout = os.fdopen(c2pread, 'rU', bufsize)
 565             else:
 566                 self.stdout = os.fdopen(c2pread, 'rb', bufsize)
 567         if errread:
 568             if universal_newlines:
 569                 self.stderr = os.fdopen(errread, 'rU', bufsize)
 570             else:
 571                 self.stderr = os.fdopen(errread, 'rb', bufsize)
 572
 573         _active.append(self)
 574
 575
 576     def _translate_newlines(self, data):
 577         data = data.replace("\r\n", "\n")
 578         data = data.replace("\r", "\n")
 579         return data
 580
 581
 582     if mswindows:
 583         #
 584         # Windows methods
 585         #
 586         def _get_handles(self, stdin, stdout, stderr):
 587             """Construct and return tupel with IO objects:
 588             p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite
 589             """
 590             if stdin == None and stdout == None and stderr == None:
 591                 return (None, None, None, None, None, None)
 592
 593             p2cread, p2cwrite = None, None
 594             c2pread, c2pwrite = None, None
 595             errread, errwrite = None, None
 596
 597             if stdin == None:
 598                 p2cread = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE)
 599             elif stdin == PIPE:
 600                 p2cread, p2cwrite = CreatePipe(None, 0)
 601                 # Detach and turn into fd
 602                 p2cwrite = p2cwrite.Detach()
 603                 p2cwrite = msvcrt.open_osfhandle(p2cwrite, 0)
 604             elif type(stdin) == types.IntType:
 605                 p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdin)
 606             else:
 607                 # Assuming file-like object
 608                 p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdin.fileno())
 609             p2cread = self._make_inheritable(p2cread)
 610
 611             if stdout == None:
 612                 c2pwrite = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
 613             elif stdout == PIPE:
 614                 c2pread, c2pwrite = CreatePipe(None, 0)
 615                 # Detach and turn into fd
 616                 c2pread = c2pread.Detach()
 617                 c2pread = msvcrt.open_osfhandle(c2pread, 0)
 618             elif type(stdout) == types.IntType:
 619                 c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdout)
 620             else:
 621                 # Assuming file-like object
 622                 c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdout.fileno())
 623             c2pwrite = self._make_inheritable(c2pwrite)
 624
 625             if stderr == None:
 626                 errwrite = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE)
 627             elif stderr == PIPE:
 628                 errread, errwrite = CreatePipe(None, 0)
 629                 # Detach and turn into fd
 630                 errread = errread.Detach()
 631                 errread = msvcrt.open_osfhandle(errread, 0)
 632             elif stderr == STDOUT:
 633                 errwrite = c2pwrite
 634             elif type(stderr) == types.IntType:
 635                 errwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stderr)
 636             else:
 637                 # Assuming file-like object
 638                 errwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stderr.fileno())
 639             errwrite = self._make_inheritable(errwrite)
 640
 641             return (p2cread, p2cwrite,
 642                     c2pread, c2pwrite,
 643                     errread, errwrite)
 644
 645
 646         def _make_inheritable(self, handle):
 647             """Return a duplicate of handle, which is inheritable"""
 648             return DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), handle,
 649                                    GetCurrentProcess(), 0, 1,
 650                                    DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)
 651
 652
 653         def _find_w9xpopen(self):
 654             """Find and return absolut path to w9xpopen.exe"""
 655             w9xpopen = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(GetModuleFileName(0)),
 656                                     "w9xpopen.exe")
 657             if not os.path.exists(w9xpopen):
 658                 # Eeek - file-not-found - possibly an embedding
 659                 # situation - see if we can locate it in sys.exec_prefix
 660                 w9xpopen = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.exec_prefix),
 661                                         "w9xpopen.exe")
 662                 if not os.path.exists(w9xpopen):
 663                     raise RuntimeError("Cannot locate w9xpopen.exe, which is "
 664                                        "needed for Popen to work with your "
 665                                        "shell or platform.")
 666             return w9xpopen
 667
 668
 669         def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
 670                            cwd, env, universal_newlines,
 671                            startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
 672                            p2cread, p2cwrite,
 673                            c2pread, c2pwrite,
 674                            errread, errwrite):
 675             """Execute program (MS Windows version)"""
 676
 677             if not isinstance(args, types.StringTypes):
 678                 args = list2cmdline(args)
 679
 680             # Process startup details
 681             default_startupinfo = STARTUPINFO()
 682             if startupinfo == None:
 683                 startupinfo = default_startupinfo
 684             if not None in (p2cread, c2pwrite, errwrite):
 685                 startupinfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES
 686                 startupinfo.hStdInput = p2cread
 687                 startupinfo.hStdOutput = c2pwrite
 688                 startupinfo.hStdError = errwrite
 689
 690             if shell:
 691                 default_startupinfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
 692                 default_startupinfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE
 693                 comspec = os.environ.get("COMSPEC", "cmd.exe")
 694                 args = comspec + " /c " + args
 695                 if (GetVersion() >= 0x80000000L or
 696                         os.path.basename(comspec).lower() == "command.com"):
 697                     # Win9x, or using command.com on NT. We need to
 698                     # use the w9xpopen intermediate program. For more
 699                     # information, see KB Q150956
 700                     # (http://web.archive.org/web/20011105084002/http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q150/9/56.asp)
 701                     w9xpopen = self._find_w9xpopen()
 702                     args = '"%s" %s' % (w9xpopen, args)
 703                     # Not passing CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE has been known to
 704                     # cause random failures on win9x.  Specifically a
 705                     # dialog: "Your program accessed mem currently in
 706                     # use at xxx" and a hopeful warning about the
 707                     # stability of your system.  Cost is Ctrl+C wont
 708                     # kill children.
 709                     creationflags |= CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE
 710
 711             # Start the process
 712             try:
 713                 hp, ht, pid, tid = CreateProcess(executable, args,
 714                                          # no special security
 715                                          None, None,
 716                                          # must inherit handles to pass std
 717                                          # handles
 718                                          1,
 719                                          creationflags,
 720                                          env,
 721                                          cwd,
 722                                          startupinfo)
 723             except pywintypes.error, e:
 724                 # Translate pywintypes.error to WindowsError, which is
 725                 # a subclass of OSError.  FIXME: We should really
 726                 # translate errno using _sys_errlist (or simliar), but
 727                 # how can this be done from Python?
 728                 raise WindowsError(*e.args)
 729
 730             # Retain the process handle, but close the thread handle
 731             self._handle = hp
 732             self.pid = pid
 733             ht.Close()
 734
 735             # Child is launched. Close the parent's copy of those pipe
 736             # handles that only the child should have open.  You need
 737             # to make sure that no handles to the write end of the
 738             # output pipe are maintained in this process or else the
 739             # pipe will not close when the child process exits and the
 740             # ReadFile will hang.
 741             if p2cread != None:
 742                 p2cread.Close()
 743             if c2pwrite != None:
 744                 c2pwrite.Close()
 745             if errwrite != None:
 746                 errwrite.Close()
 747
 748
 749         def poll(self):
 750             """Check if child process has terminated.  Returns returncode
 751             attribute."""
 752             if self.returncode == None:
 753                 if WaitForSingleObject(self._handle, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0:
 754                     self.returncode = GetExitCodeProcess(self._handle)
 755                     _active.remove(self)
 756             return self.returncode
 757
 758
 759         def wait(self):
 760             """Wait for child process to terminate.  Returns returncode
 761             attribute."""
 762             if self.returncode == None:
 763                 obj = WaitForSingleObject(self._handle, INFINITE)
 764                 self.returncode = GetExitCodeProcess(self._handle)
 765                 _active.remove(self)
 766             return self.returncode
 767
 768
 769         def _readerthread(self, fh, buffer):
 770             buffer.append(fh.read())
 771
 772
 773         def communicate(self, input=None):
 774             """Interact with process: Send data to stdin.  Read data from
 775             stdout and stderr, until end-of-file is reached.  Wait for
 776             process to terminate.  The optional input argument should be a
 777             string to be sent to the child process, or None, if no data
 778             should be sent to the child.
 779
 780             communicate() returns a tuple (stdout, stderr)."""
 781             stdout = None # Return
 782             stderr = None # Return
 783
 784             if self.stdout:
 785                 stdout = []
 786                 stdout_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._readerthread,
 787                                                  args=(self.stdout, stdout))
 788                 stdout_thread.setDaemon(True)
 789                 stdout_thread.start()
 790             if self.stderr:
 791                 stderr = []
 792                 stderr_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._readerthread,
 793                                                  args=(self.stderr, stderr))
 794                 stderr_thread.setDaemon(True)
 795                 stderr_thread.start()
 796
 797             if self.stdin:
 798                 if input != None:
 799                     self.stdin.write(input)
 800                 self.stdin.close()
 801
 802             if self.stdout:
 803                 stdout_thread.join()
 804             if self.stderr:
 805                 stderr_thread.join()
 806
 807             # All data exchanged.  Translate lists into strings.
 808             if stdout != None:
 809                 stdout = stdout[0]
 810             if stderr != None:
 811                 stderr = stderr[0]
 812
 813             # Translate newlines, if requested.  We cannot let the file
 814             # object do the translation: It is based on stdio, which is
 815             # impossible to combine with select (unless forcing no
 816             # buffering).
 817             if self.universal_newlines and hasattr(open, 'newlines'):
 818                 if stdout:
 819                     stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout)
 820                 if stderr:
 821                     stderr = self._translate_newlines(stderr)
 822
 823             self.wait()
 824             return (stdout, stderr)
 825
 826     else:
 827         #
 828         # POSIX methods
 829         #
 830         def _get_handles(self, stdin, stdout, stderr):
 831             """Construct and return tupel with IO objects:
 832             p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite
 833             """
 834             p2cread, p2cwrite = None, None
 835             c2pread, c2pwrite = None, None
 836             errread, errwrite = None, None
 837
 838             if stdin == None:
 839                 pass
 840             elif stdin == PIPE:
 841                 p2cread, p2cwrite = os.pipe()
 842             elif type(stdin) == types.IntType:
 843                 p2cread = stdin
 844             else:
 845                 # Assuming file-like object
 846                 p2cread = stdin.fileno()
 847
 848             if stdout == None:
 849                 pass
 850             elif stdout == PIPE:
 851                 c2pread, c2pwrite = os.pipe()
 852             elif type(stdout) == types.IntType:
 853                 c2pwrite = stdout
 854             else:
 855                 # Assuming file-like object
 856                 c2pwrite = stdout.fileno()
 857
 858             if stderr == None:
 859                 pass
 860             elif stderr == PIPE:
 861                 errread, errwrite = os.pipe()
 862             elif stderr == STDOUT:
 863                 errwrite = c2pwrite
 864             elif type(stderr) == types.IntType:
 865                 errwrite = stderr
 866             else:
 867                 # Assuming file-like object
 868                 errwrite = stderr.fileno()
 869
 870             return (p2cread, p2cwrite,
 871                     c2pread, c2pwrite,
 872                     errread, errwrite)
 873
 874
 875         def _set_cloexec_flag(self, fd):
 876             try:
 877                 cloexec_flag = fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC
 878             except AttributeError:
 879                 cloexec_flag = 1
 880
 881             old = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFD)
 882             fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFD, old | cloexec_flag)
 883
 884
 885         def _close_fds(self, but):
 886             for i in range(3, MAXFD):
 887                 if i == but:
 888                     continue
 889                 try:
 890                     os.close(i)
 891                 except:
 892                     pass
 893
 894
 895         def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
 896                            cwd, env, universal_newlines,
 897                            startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
 898                            p2cread, p2cwrite,
 899                            c2pread, c2pwrite,
 900                            errread, errwrite):
 901             """Execute program (POSIX version)"""
 902
 903             if isinstance(args, types.StringTypes):
 904                 args = [args]
 905
 906             if shell:
 907                 args = ["/bin/sh", "-c"] + args
 908
 909             if executable == None:
 910                 executable = args[0]
 911
 912             # For transferring possible exec failure from child to parent
 913             # The first char specifies the exception type: 0 means
 914             # OSError, 1 means some other error.
 915             errpipe_read, errpipe_write = os.pipe()
 916             self._set_cloexec_flag(errpipe_write)
 917
 918             self.pid = os.fork()
 919             if self.pid == 0:
 920                 # Child
 921                 try:
 922                     # Close parent's pipe ends
 923                     if p2cwrite:
 924                         os.close(p2cwrite)
 925                     if c2pread:
 926                         os.close(c2pread)
 927                     if errread:
 928                         os.close(errread)
 929                     os.close(errpipe_read)
 930
 931                     # Dup fds for child
 932                     if p2cread:
 933                         os.dup2(p2cread, 0)
 934                     if c2pwrite:
 935                         os.dup2(c2pwrite, 1)
 936                     if errwrite:
 937                         os.dup2(errwrite, 2)
 938
 939                     # Close pipe fds.  Make sure we doesn't close the same
 940                     # fd more than once.
 941                     if p2cread:
 942                         os.close(p2cread)
 943                     if c2pwrite and c2pwrite not in (p2cread,):
 944                         os.close(c2pwrite)
 945                     if errwrite and errwrite not in (p2cread, c2pwrite):
 946                         os.close(errwrite)
 947
 948                     # Close all other fds, if asked for
 949                     if close_fds:
 950                         self._close_fds(but=errpipe_write)
 951
 952                     if cwd != None:
 953                         os.chdir(cwd)
 954
 955                     if preexec_fn:
 956                         apply(preexec_fn)
 957
 958                     if env == None:
 959                         os.execvp(executable, args)
 960                     else:
 961                         os.execvpe(executable, args, env)
 962
 963                 except:
 964                     exc_type, exc_value, tb = sys.exc_info()
 965                     # Save the traceback and attach it to the exception object
 966                     exc_lines = traceback.format_exception(exc_type,
 967                                                            exc_value,
 968                                                            tb)
 969                     exc_value.child_traceback = ''.join(exc_lines)
 970                     os.write(errpipe_write, pickle.dumps(exc_value))
 971
 972                 # This exitcode won't be reported to applications, so it
 973                 # really doesn't matter what we return.
 974                 os._exit(255)
 975
 976             # Parent
 977             os.close(errpipe_write)
 978             if p2cread and p2cwrite:
 979                 os.close(p2cread)
 980             if c2pwrite and c2pread:
 981                 os.close(c2pwrite)
 982             if errwrite and errread:
 983                 os.close(errwrite)
 984
 985             # Wait for exec to fail or succeed; possibly raising exception
 986             data = os.read(errpipe_read, 1048576) # Exceptions limited to 1 MB
 987             os.close(errpipe_read)
 988             if data != "":
 989                 os.waitpid(self.pid, 0)
 990                 child_exception = pickle.loads(data)
 991                 raise child_exception
 992
 993
 994         def _handle_exitstatus(self, sts):
 995             if os.WIFSIGNALED(sts):
 996                 self.returncode = -os.WTERMSIG(sts)
 997             elif os.WIFEXITED(sts):
 998                 self.returncode = os.WEXITSTATUS(sts)
 999             else:
1000                 # Should never happen
1001                 raise RuntimeError("Unknown child exit status!")
1002
1003             _active.remove(self)
1004
1005
1006         def poll(self):
1007             """Check if child process has terminated.  Returns returncode
1008             attribute."""
1009             if self.returncode == None:
1010                 try:
1011                     pid, sts = os.waitpid(self.pid, os.WNOHANG)
1012                     if pid == self.pid:
1013                         self._handle_exitstatus(sts)
1014                 except os.error:
1015                     pass
1016             return self.returncode
1017
1018
1019         def wait(self):
1020             """Wait for child process to terminate.  Returns returncode
1021             attribute."""
1022             if self.returncode == None:
1023                 pid, sts = os.waitpid(self.pid, 0)
1024                 self._handle_exitstatus(sts)
1025             return self.returncode
1026
1027
1028         def communicate(self, input=None):
1029             """Interact with process: Send data to stdin.  Read data from
1030             stdout and stderr, until end-of-file is reached.  Wait for
1031             process to terminate.  The optional input argument should be a
1032             string to be sent to the child process, or None, if no data
1033             should be sent to the child.
1034
1035             communicate() returns a tuple (stdout, stderr)."""
1036             read_set = []
1037             write_set = []
1038             stdout = None # Return
1039             stderr = None # Return
1040
1041             if self.stdin:
1042                 # Flush stdio buffer.  This might block, if the user has
1043                 # been writing to .stdin in an uncontrolled fashion.
1044                 self.stdin.flush()
1045                 if input:
1046                     write_set.append(self.stdin)
1047                 else:
1048                     self.stdin.close()
1049             if self.stdout:
1050                 read_set.append(self.stdout)
1051                 stdout = []
1052             if self.stderr:
1053                 read_set.append(self.stderr)
1054                 stderr = []
1055
1056             while read_set or write_set:
1057                 rlist, wlist, xlist = select.select(read_set, write_set, [])
1058
1059                 if self.stdin in wlist:
1060                     # When select has indicated that the file is writable,
1061                     # we can write up to PIPE_BUF bytes without risk
1062                     # blocking.  POSIX defines PIPE_BUF >= 512
1063                     bytes_written = os.write(self.stdin.fileno(), input[:512])
1064                     input = input[bytes_written:]
1065                     if not input:
1066                         self.stdin.close()
1067                         write_set.remove(self.stdin)
1068
1069                 if self.stdout in rlist:
1070                     data = os.read(self.stdout.fileno(), 1024)
1071                     if data == "":
1072                         self.stdout.close()
1073                         read_set.remove(self.stdout)
1074                     stdout.append(data)
1075
1076                 if self.stderr in rlist:
1077                     data = os.read(self.stderr.fileno(), 1024)
1078                     if data == "":
1079                         self.stderr.close()
1080                         read_set.remove(self.stderr)
1081                     stderr.append(data)
1082
1083             # All data exchanged.  Translate lists into strings.
1084             if stdout != None:
1085                 stdout = ''.join(stdout)
1086             if stderr != None:
1087                 stderr = ''.join(stderr)
1088
1089             # Translate newlines, if requested.  We cannot let the file
1090             # object do the translation: It is based on stdio, which is
1091             # impossible to combine with select (unless forcing no
1092             # buffering).
1093             if self.universal_newlines and hasattr(open, 'newlines'):
1094                 if stdout:
1095                     stdout = self._translate_newlines(stdout)
1096                 if stderr:
1097                     stderr = self._translate_newlines(stderr)
1098
1099             self.wait()
1100             return (stdout, stderr)
1101
1102
1103 def _demo_posix():
1104     #
1105     # Example 1: Simple redirection: Get process list
1106     #
1107     plist = Popen(["ps"], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
1108     print "Process list:"
1109     print plist
1110
1111     #
1112     # Example 2: Change uid before executing child
1113     #
1114     if os.getuid() == 0:
1115         p = Popen(["id"], preexec_fn=lambda: os.setuid(100))
1116         p.wait()
1117
1118     #
1119     # Example 3: Connecting several subprocesses
1120     #
1121     print "Looking for 'hda'..."
1122     p1 = Popen(["dmesg"], stdout=PIPE)
1123     p2 = Popen(["grep", "hda"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
1124     print repr(p2.communicate()[0])
1125
1126     #
1127     # Example 4: Catch execution error
1128     #
1129     print
1130     print "Trying a weird file..."
1131     try:
1132         print Popen(["/this/path/does/not/exist"]).communicate()
1133     except OSError, e:
1134         if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
1135             print "The file didn't exist.  I thought so..."
1136             print "Child traceback:"
1137             print e.child_traceback
1138         else:
1139             print "Error", e.errno
1140     else:
1141         print >>sys.stderr, "Gosh.  No error."
1142
1143
1144 def _demo_windows():
1145     #
1146     # Example 1: Connecting several subprocesses
1147     #
1148     print "Looking for 'PROMPT' in set output..."
1149     p1 = Popen("set", stdout=PIPE, shell=True)
1150     p2 = Popen('find "PROMPT"', stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
1151     print repr(p2.communicate()[0])
1152
1153     #
1154     # Example 2: Simple execution of program
1155     #
1156     print "Executing calc..."
1157     p = Popen("calc")
1158     p.wait()
1159
1160
1161 if __name__ == "__main__":
1162     if mswindows:
1163         _demo_windows()
1164     else:
1165         _demo_posix()