[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib/test test_popen.py,NONE,1.1.2.1
Anthony Baxter
anthonybaxter@users.sourceforge.net
Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:42:11 -0700
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/test
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv18851/Lib/test
Added Files:
Tag: release21-maint
test_popen.py
Log Message:
Backport of bug
457466: "popenx() argument mangling hangs python" [Win9x only]."
Can't test this myself, but MarkH sez it's ok.
--- NEW FILE: test_popen.py ---
#! /usr/bin/env python
"""Basic tests for os.popen()
Particularly useful for platforms that fake popen.
"""
import os
import sys
from test_support import TestSkipped
from os import popen
# Test that command-lines get down as we expect.
# To do this we execute:
# python -c "import sys;print sys.argv" {rest_of_commandline}
# This results in Python being spawned and printing the sys.argv list.
# We can then eval() the result of this, and see what each argv was.
def _do_test_commandline(cmdline, expected):
cmd = 'python -c "import sys;print sys.argv" %s' % (cmdline,)
data = popen(cmd).read()
got = eval(data)[1:] # strip off argv[0]
if got != expected:
print "Error in popen commandline handling."
print " executed '%s', expected '%r', but got '%r'" \
% (cmdline, expected, got)
def _test_commandline():
_do_test_commandline("foo bar", ["foo", "bar"])
_do_test_commandline('foo "spam and eggs" "silly walk"', ["foo", "spam and eggs", "silly walk"])
_do_test_commandline('foo "a \\"quoted\\" arg" bar', ["foo", 'a "quoted" arg', "bar"])
print "popen seemed to process the command-line correctly"
def main():
print "Test popen:"
_test_commandline()
main()