[Tutor] popen's wierdness (on Win2K)

[Branimir Petrovic]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Yoo [mailto:dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu]
> 
> Sorry for the late reply; looks like we got a barrage of 
> messages on the
> list recently!  *grin*

Hi Danny, thanks for reply, "late" does not matter, answering counts!
List is busy lately, and my question was neither very straightforward,
nor was it appealing.
 
> 
> It sounds like you may be running into some flow control issues. The
> Python Library Documentation mentions them slightly:
> 
>     http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/popen2-flow-control.html
> 

Python does have lots of documentation doesn't it, and not all
is in one place, nor is it where ("the fresh") one would expect
it to be. Had seen a lot of it, but this particular piece - I 
missed. Weird and interesting, sad also as it clearly indicates
that popen is not a proper scratch for my itch.

> 
> Anyway, there's an entry in the official Python FAQ that should help:
> 
> http://www.python.org/doc/faq/library.html#how-do-i-run-a-subp
rocess-with-pipes-connected-to-both-input-and-output


Following this link leads right to Pexpect - exact the right thing I 
know I need, the "thing" I know I can not have as it does not run on 
Windows:(( How frustrating... And all I wanted to do is to run and 
control various third party applications through Python. Apparently 
not a trivial requirement, but quite appealing thought nevertheless.

Looks like Python wrapper for sql scripts and SQL*Plus will have to
be shelved until such a time I am able to switch platform.

> Good luck to you!

That's the fallback I've been counting on;) Thanks again Danny!

Branimir