Getting both PID and output from a command

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.182.1079778728.742.python-list at python.org>,
Hugh Macdonald <HughMacdonald at brokenpipefilms.com> wrote:
>I suspect I'll probably use Donn Cave's suggestion when I give it a go on
>monday - I'd rather not use any external modules if I can help it, and I
>know that stderr gives me output in a format that I can read (I know exactly
>which command I want to run here, and I have the program working properly
>except for not being able to stop if before it finishes on its own.....)
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Please understand that, as external modules go, Pexpect
is easy to like, because it's "pure Python".  It's just
some Python source code.  You can choose to put it all
inside *your* program, then there's nothing "external".
If you wish, just think of it as a particularly long
Usenet reply that has already been tested.
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Cameron Laird <claird at phaseit.net>
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