[Python-Dev] Patch for commands.py to provide callback (original) (raw)

Brad Doctor brad.doctor at gmail.com
Wed Jul 5 17:35:50 CEST 2006

Because it is a great way to consistently use popen(). Rather than write something specific each time, our site/company prefers to use commands to keep it all consistent.

-brad

On 7/5/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

Since commands.getstatusoutput() is such a trivial wrapper around os.popen(), why bother patching commands.py? On 7/5/06, Brad Doctor <brad.doctor at gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings all, > > I have attached a patch for commands.py to provide a callback ability. > Example use: > > ------------------------------------- > import commands > > cmd = 'top -b -n2' > > def fancy(out): > print 'GOT(%s)' % out.strip() > > commands.cb = fancy > > (s,o) = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd) > print 'OUTPUT (%s)' % o > ------------------------------------- > > I am not sure if this is the proper forum or means to submit something like > this, so please forgive me and advise accordingly if I am in error. The > basic idea is obvious, to allow long-running commands to call back whenever > there is output. This is against python 2.4. Please let me know if you > have any questions or suggestions. > > thanks!! > -brad > _> ________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > > > >

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