On 07/04/2008, David Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi. I am trying to replace a system call with a subprocess call. I have
> tried subprocess.Popen and subprocess.call with but have not been
> successful. The command line would be:
>
> svnadmin dump /my/repository > svndump.db
>
> This is what I am using currently:
>
> os.system('svnadmin dump %s > %s' % (svn_dir,
> os.path.join(backup_dir, 'svndump.db')))
>
> Many thanks.
>
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Hey David,
Your probably want something like the following (code untested and off
the cuff ;-) )
Cheers
Dave
---
import subprocess
p = subprocess.Popen(
[ "svnadmin", "dump" ],
stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
close_fds=True
)
(child_stdout, child_stdin) = (p.stdout, p.stdin)
f = open('svndump.db')
f.write(child_stdout.read())
f.close()
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