On Feb 23, 9:13 pm, aha <aquil.abdul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > It occurred to me that I might just want to try copying the > subprocess.py installed in a /usr/lib/python24 installation to the > directory where I place the scripts that I need to launch my > application...I know this was mentioned earlier. Anyway, my > application worked under python 2.3 and later python versions as > well. Here is what I did: > > I renamed subprocess.py to subprocess23.py and then used the following > code: > > try: > import subprocess > except ImportError: > import subprocess23 as subprocess > > I chose this route because I took a deeper look at the code in the > subprocess module and I also realized that I would not be able to use > the popen2, because I would not be able to do things like os.setpgrp > for preexec_fn, with popen2. In the end, if I wanted that type of > functionality I would have to use os.dup, fork, exec, which meant > reinventing the wheel. I overcame the issue of dealing with msvcrt > and _subprocess under windows by requiring python24 or greater under > windows.
Distributing the interpreter doesn't look quite as silly as it did this morning now, does it? Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
