numpy.distutils.exec_command

exec_command

Implements exec_command function that is (almost) equivalent to commands.getstatusoutput function but on NT, DOS systems the returned status is actually correct (though, the returned status values may be different by a factor). In addition, exec_command takes keyword arguments for (re-)defining environment variables.

Provides functions:

exec_command — execute command in a specified directory and

in the modified environment.

find_executable — locate a command using info from environment

variable PATH. Equivalent to posix which command.

Author: Pearu Peterson <pearu@cens.ioc.ee> Created: 11 January 2003

Requires: Python 2.x

Successfully tested on:

os.name	sys.platform	comments
posix	linux2	Debian (sid) Linux, Python 2.1.3+, 2.2.3+, 2.3.3 PyCrust 0.9.3, Idle 1.0.2
posix	linux2	Red Hat 9 Linux, Python 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.3.2
posix	sunos5	SunOS 5.9, Python 2.2, 2.3.2
posix	darwin	Darwin 7.2.0, Python 2.3
nt	win32	Windows Me Python 2.3(EE), Idle 1.0, PyCrust 0.7.2 Python 2.1.1 Idle 0.8
nt	win32	Windows 98, Python 2.1.1. Idle 0.8
nt	win32	Cygwin 98-4.10, Python 2.1.1(MSC) - echo tests fail i.e. redefining environment variables may not work. FIXED: don’t use cygwin echo! Comment: also cmd /c echo will not work but redefining environment variables do work.
posix	cygwin	Cygwin 98-4.10, Python 2.3.3(cygming special)
nt	win32	Windows XP, Python 2.3.3

Known bugs:

• Tests, that send messages to stderr, fail when executed from MSYS prompt because the messages are lost at some point.

Functions

exec_command(command[, execute_in, …])	Return (status,output) of executed command.
find_executable(exe[, path, _cache])	Return full path of a executable or None.
get_pythonexe()
temp_file_name()