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Re: subprocess.Popen does not launch audacity

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On 1/10/25 11:32, MRAB via Python-list wrote:
>> ,,, snipped

>> Below is the pertinent code:
>>
>>    Popen(choice, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE,
>>                     stdin=PIPE, close_fds=True)
>>
>> My guess is my argument list is either insufficient or an argument is
>> causing the problem, but am unsure of which.
>>
>> I have been retired from python programming for ten years, and am pretty
>> rusty, but it is still fun. There are plenty
>>
>> of other ways to successfully launch audacity but it would be great to
>> make it work from this script.
>>
>
> What is the value of 'choice'?
>
> You could try printing out the value of 'choice' for one that works 
> and the one that doesn't and then try them again interactively from 
> the Python prompt with the given values. That should eliminate all but 
> the essential code for easier debugging.

choice is /usr/local/bin/audacity, which is the correct path for 
audacity on my system. As far as I can see, that string has no hidden bytes.

Invoking /usr/local/bin/audacity from the command line launches audacity 
and so does choosing  with dmenu_run. which -a audacity shows only that 
item.

Maybe I need to isolate the function call and start stripping out 
parameters. I should have time to do that later today.

Thanks

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