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Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows

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You need to call python.exe path-to-script.py, I think, not just
path-to-script.py. See sys.executable (though that depends on if you're a
frozen app or not).

I can't be sure though because there's no code. Show code when asking
questions, it helps frame the discussion and get a better answer ;)


On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 5:03 PM,
<ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com>wrote:

> I have written a Python script with a wxPython GUI that uses
> subprocess.Popen to open a list of files that the user provides. One of my
> users would like to be able to run a Python script with my application. The
> Python script he is trying to run uses the command line and gets keyboard
> input from the user several times.
>
> The problem is that if the Python script is run on Windows with
> subprocess.Popen, no command prompt is shown (my GUI application is a .pyw
> file). The user's script runs silently but then does not quit because it is
> waiting for input, but there is no way for the input to be given, since
> there is no command prompt visible.
>
> I think this may be related to the fact that I am calling subprocess.Popen
> with shell=True. I tried calling it with shell=False (the default), but
> then I got an error that the file is not a valid Win32 application.
>
> I would appreciate any help with this problem.
>
> -- Timothy
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>

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Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com - 2014-05-26 17:03 -0700
  Re:Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-05-27 03:20 -0400
  Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2014-05-26 23:38 -0700
    Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com - 2014-05-27 16:01 -0700
      Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2014-05-28 06:08 +0100
        Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com - 2014-05-28 13:22 -0700
      Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2014-05-28 20:46 +0100
        Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com - 2014-05-28 13:46 -0700
          Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2014-05-29 12:41 +0100
            Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com - 2014-05-29 12:21 -0700
              Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2014-06-01 17:31 +0100
                Re: Command prompt not shown when running Python script with subprocess on Windows ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com - 2014-06-04 13:25 -0700

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