Virtual file for subprocess

[Lie Ryan]

On 12/12/2009 4:07 AM, bobnotbob wrote:
> I am calling external executable from my python program (using
> subprocess).  This external program's output is a text file which I
> then read and parse.  Is there any way to "sandbox" the calling of
> this external program so that it writes to a virtual file instead of
> the hardcoded text?

If the program writes its outputs to the stdout, you can redirect the 
program's stdout using subprocess, try to find a switch that will tell 
it to write to stdout. Otherwise, you're pretty much stuck to using a 
real file AFAIK.