popen2.popen2,3,4 from Python 2.0 on NT 4.0 SP5

[David Bolen]

speed@?.com (Jake Speed) writes:

> If you just use popen(cmd, "r"), won't it take stdin from the console?
> I suppose you could use "echo | sqlplus user/pass @file"...
> ...or "rem | sqlplus user/pass @file" for Windows.

No, if you just used os.popen() then there is no stdin for the child
process (e.g., no file handle is opened).  In fact, occasionally some
processes don't like this if they're written to assume they can make
some calls against stdin before they generate their output.

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