subprocess returncode windows

[Mark Hammond]

On 6/02/2009 6:34 AM, Andrew wrote:
> Notice how python never gets the correct returncode from asadmin.bat
> but I can get the correct returncode from the shell every time. Can
> anyone tell me why Python wouldn't be able to get the correct
> returncode for asadmin?

I think the problem will be that cmd.exe doesn't return the exit code to 
*its* caller correctly.  You can often work around this by avoiding the 
use of cmd.exe to spawn the child process, but obviously you do need it 
with a .bat file.  I'm not aware of an easy work-around.

Cheers,

Mark