Non-blocking subprocess call

[Josiah Carlson]

Kevin Walzer wrote:
> I'm currently using os.popen in an application of mine, which calls for 
> non-blocking data, in this fashion:
> 
>  self.file = os.popen('echo %s | sudo -S /sw/bin/fink -y install %s' % 
> (self.passtext, self.packagename), 'r', os.O_NONBLOCK)
> 
> What is the equivalent/comparable call in the new subprocess module? I 
> can't find any reference in the Python docs to non-blocking streams.

If you are talking about non-blocking reading and writing from the 
subprocess, there isn't natively.  But there is a cookbook entry:
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/440554

  - Josiah