Custom Execution from Python

[satish]

Hello peter,

Thanks for responding. I will think through my problem again and present it in 
the best possible form shortly. However, in a nutshell, what I need to do is 
*EXECUTE A PYTHON MODULE WITH A SHELL SCRIPT PROVIDED BY AN EXTERNAL PROGRAM, 
FROM WITHIN PYTHON*

The name of the script is *ansyscust71* which is a shell script provided by a 
Finite Element software called ANSYS.  ANSYS provides a number of 
customization features, as a part of which, it allows users to write fortran 
codes using ANSYS's internal functions/methods and execute the corresponding 
*shared modules* using the following command.

$ ansyscust71 -custom cable -p ANSYSRF

ANSYS EXECUTES SUCCESFULLY


However, initially when I did'nt know of the above command,  I executed 
*cable* as follows :

$ ./cable

ANSYS EXECUTED
Segmentation Fault

Later I did use the right command as I mentioned above, which made my module 
execute succesfully.

*cable* is a shared module which I got after *making* my fortran code viz. 
*ansys.F90*  by linking it with *ANSYS libraries* using a *Makefile* that I 
wrote for the purpose


After this, I intended to do the same thing from python. I wrapped my fortran 
code *ansys.F90* using F2PY(Fortran to Python Interface Generator), with 
which many of the python users are familiar. I got a python module named 
*cable_f2py* succesfully. 


          Sample *ansys.F90*

 SUBROUTINE ansys()
 cmd='START_OF_ANSYS'
 ncommand=len_trim(cmd)
 where=mainan(ncommand,cmd)
 END SUBROUTINE ansys
	
This is just a part of *ansys.F90* which initializes ANSYS upon execution

From python I execute the module as follows :

>> import cable_f2py     %cable is a python module generated by F2PY
>> cable_f2py.ansys()	

ANSYS EXECUTED
Segmentation fault

$

ANSYS gets initialized succesfully. However, I get a segmentation fault at the 
end and PYTHON skips the execution from that point and transfers control to 
the command prompt.

If you remember, the same thing happened when I tried to execute *cable* as 
*./cable* initially when I did'nt use F2PY to generate the Python module


Precisely, this is my problem. 

Does this help you to help me ??


Thanks for your time and patience in advance,

Regards,
Satish


On Friday 19 September 2003 08:04 pm, Peter Hansen wrote:
> satish wrote:
> > I have a shared object executable  viz. *cable*  which I execute as
> > follows : $ ansyscust71 -custom cable -p ANSYSRF
> >
> > **ansyscust71 is a shell script and is a part of a software called
> > ANSYS**
> >
> > Now, I have generated a python module using a *fortran-python interface
> > generator called F2PY* using the same *make rules* which were used to
> > make *cable* when not using F2PY
> >
> > I got a Python extension module named *cable_f2py* again.
> >
> > From the python environment when I tried to execute *cable_f2py* ( this
> > is python module due to F2PY), I got a segmentation error just like how I
> > would get this error when I execute *cable* as follows when not using
> > F2PY:
> >
> > $ ./cable
> > Segmentation Fault
> >
> > However, when I execute it as follows, it works
> >
> > $ansyscust71 -custom cable -p ANSYSRF  --> This is required for succesful
> > execution
> >
> > Now, I dont understand how I can mimic the above way of execution from
> > within Python to execute *cable_f2py* which as I mentioned earlier is the
> > result of making and linking all the same libraries which were used while
> > making and linking cable
> >
> > I am really confused
>
> So are we, as most of what you describe above seems to have very little
> relationship with Python.  You might need to think through your problem
> and attempt to explain it in a different way for us to help you.  For
> example, you don't show *how* you try to execute it "from the python
> environment".  Have you got some code to show us?
>
> Anyway, as a bit of a long shot, are you aware of the os.system() function,
> and the various other methods of running external executables?  If
> you are already using one of those, you might want to show us how you
> use it.
>
> -Peter

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