Hello. The test fails because it seems to be comparing "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP" with "C:\WINDOWS\Temp" and even though they are the same thing in Win98, they are of cource not equal. Details follow: $ python -i Python 2.4a3 (#56, Oct 13 2004, 02:29:05) [GCC 3.4.1 (mingw special)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

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import os, sys, subprocess tmpdir = os.getenv("TEMP", "/tmp") tmpdir = os.path.realpath(tmpdir) tmpdir 'C:\\WINDOWS\\TEMP' p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", ... 'import sys,os;' \ ... 'sys.stdout.write(os.getcwd())'], ... stdout=subprocess.PIPE, ... cwd=tmpdir) subProcessTmpDir = p.stdout.read() subProcessTmpDir 'C:\\WINDOWS\\Temp' tmpdir == subProcessTmpDir False

Although I don't know if this will work in other versions of Windows, here is what fixed it for me: Index: python/dist/src/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -d -r1.4 test_subprocess.py --- python/dist/src/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py 12 Oct 2004 22:29:54 -0000 1.4 +++ python/dist/src/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py 13 Oct 2004 02:27:13 -0000 @@ -192,9 +192,16 @@ def test_cwd(self): tmpdir = os.getenv("TEMP", "/tmp") tmpdir = os.path.realpath(tmpdir) - p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", - 'import sys,os;' \ - 'sys.stdout.write(os.getcwd())'], + commandStr = [sys.executable, "-c"] + if mswindows: + tmpdir = tmpdir.upper() + commandStr.append('import sys,os;' \ + 'sys.stdout.write(os.getcwd().upper())') + else: + commandStr.append('import sys,os;' \ + 'sys.stdout.write(os.getcwd())') + + p = subprocess.Popen(commandStr, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=tmpdir) self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), tmpdir) _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.com/