subprocess escaping POpen?!

[Chris Withers]

Kushal Kumaran wrote:
> 
> ----- Original message -----
>  > Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote:
>  > > On Donnerstag 05 August 2010, Chris Withers wrote:
>  > > > But why only the request for auth credentials?
>  > >
>  > > for security reasons I suppose - make sure a human enters
>  > > the password
>  >
>  > Well yes, but what if you actually want to script it?
>  >
> 
> Then you use expect.
> 
> See http://pexpect.sf.net for a python version.

...which doesn't work on Windows.

Chris

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