[Python-Dev] FW: Fixing os.popen on Win32 => is the win32pipe stuff going to be adopted? (original) (raw)

Mark Hammond mhammond@skippinet.com.au
Fri, 10 Mar 2000 08:36:14 +1100

Point on the curve: This program works perfectly on my machine running NT.

And running from Python.exe. I bet you didnt try it from a GUI.

The situation is worse WRT Windows 95. MS has a knowledge base article describing the bug, and telling you how to work around it by using a decicated .EXE.

So, out of the box, popen works only on a NT from a console - pretty sorry state of affairs :-(

I believe you when you say popen() is flakey. It is a little harder to believe it is not possible to write a popen() replacement using pipes which works.

Which is what I believe win32pipe.popen* are.

Mark.