os.popen() and (IDLE, PythonWin) ?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
> 
> [os.popen('ver') fails under IDLE and PythonWin, yet works under "normal"
>  Python]

Ok, I found the FAQ entry on this:

7.13. Why doesn't os.popen() work in PythonWin on NT?

The reason that os.popen() doesn't work from within PythonWin is due to a bug in Microsoft's C Runtime
Library (CRT). The CRT assumes you have a Win32 console attached to the process. 

You should use the win32pipe module's popen() instead which doesn't depend on having an attached Win32
console. 

Example: 

 import win32pipe
 f = win32pipe.popen('dir /c c:\\')
 print f.readlines()
 f.close()

Under PythonWin this is no problem (although I wish os.popen would
automatically choose the different approach for me in the above
setup). Yet under IDLE I have a problem: win32 doesn't have to be
installed... is there some other workaround ?

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