subprocess troubles
Nobody
nobody at nowhere.com
Fri Jan 22 11:30:54 EST 2010
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:25:08 +0100, Tomas Pelka wrote:
> have a problem with following piece of code:
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> import subprocess
>
> paattern = "python"
> cmd = "/usr/bin/locate"
> arg1 = " -i"
> arg2 = " -d /var/www/books/mlocate.db"
> arg3 = str(" " + pattern)
> p1 = subprocess.Popen([cmd, arg1, arg2, arg3], shell=False,
> stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
You probably want:
arg1 = "-i" # no leading space
arg2 = "-d" # no leading space
arg3 = "/var/www/books/mlocate.db"
arg4 = pattern
p1 = subprocess.Popen([cmd, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4], ...
> If I run this command
> (/usr/bin/locate -i -d /var/www/books/mlocate.db python) from standard
> shell everything goes fine.
>
> Could you please give me an advice what I'm doing wrong?
You're putting spaces where they aren't wanted.
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