Getting a process's output

[Gerrit Holl]

Dietrich Epp wrote:
> Is there any easy way to get all the output of a process?  Ideally, the 
> function takes parameters like exec(), calls fork(), wait()s for the 
> process to complete, and returns the process's stdout, stderr, and exit 
> status.  By stdout and stderr I don't mean file objects or 
> descriptors... I mean strings containing the entire output.
> 
> I would try to do it myself, but I'm not sure how to interleave the 
> operations.

Try commands.getstatusoutput() or the various popen functions.

yours,
Gerrit.

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