On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:38:11 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> If one uses subprocess.Popen(args, ..., shell=True, ...)
>
> When args finishes execution, does the shell terminate? Either way
> seems problematic.
That depends upon what "args" is. On Unix, if args ends with a "&", the
shell will termin
On Dec 4, 9:38 pm, Ross Boylan wrote:
> If one uses subprocess.Popen(args, ..., shell=True, ...)
>
> When args finishes execution, does the shell terminate? Either way
> seems problematic.
Essentially this is executing "/bin/sh args" so if you're unsure as to
the behaviour just try it on your co
On 12/5/2009 8:38 AM, Ross Boylan wrote:
If one uses subprocess.Popen(args, ..., shell=True, ...)
When args finishes execution, does the shell terminate? Either way
seems problematic.
If it does not terminate, then it seems as if calls like wait and
communicate would never return. It also see
If one uses subprocess.Popen(args, ..., shell=True, ...)
When args finishes execution, does the shell terminate? Either way
seems problematic.
If it does not terminate, then it seems as if calls like wait and
communicate would never return. It also seems the subprocess would
never die, and that
