[python-win32] Programmatically capturing the text in a cmd console,

[Tim Roberts]

Roger Upole wrote:

>Tony Cappellini wrote:
>  
>
>>In Windows XP, after a program has completed it's execution in a cmd
>>console...
>>Is there a way to *programmatically* capture the text that is in the
>>scrollback buffer?
>>
>>I usually set my buffers to 10K lines or more, so there is a lot of text I'd
>>like to capture.
>>I want to do this programmatically, as opposed to using a mouse to mark and
>>copy.
>>    
>>
>The win32console module contains functions to read directly from a console buffer.
>You can also use it to dynamically resize the output buffer.
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>

... IF you are running inside that console window.  The OP wants to pull
the console buffer from ANOTHER console window.  I don't think there is
any way to do that, although I'm willing to be proven wrong.

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