On Sep 3, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Venkatesh <venkatesh.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello comp.lang.python Group, > > I am trying to invoke a subprocess in Python as below > > import sys > import time > import os > import subprocess > DETACHED_PROCESS = 0x00000008 > > path = r'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k ping www.google.com -n 4 >> temp.txt' > p = subprocess.Popen("%s"%(path), stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = > subprocess.STDOUT, creationflags=DETACHED_PROCESS) > > With this code, unable to invoke the subprocess and hence not able to store > the Ping statistics in the file. > > Any help on this OR any better way of achieving this?? > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list I use the following in OS-X, should be very similar in Windows. import subprocess ping_result = subprocess.Popen(['ping', '-c1', '-t1', self.target_IP], stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0] self.target_IP is a string containing the IP address, which is defined elsewhere. ping_result contains the complete returned string from the ping command. Note the -c switch (count = 1 ping packet) and the -t switch (force exit after one second). you will have to parse the returned string to extract the stats. -Bill -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list