# subprocess - Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams
# For more information about this module, see PEP 324.
# Copyright (c) 2003-2005 by Peter Astrand <astrand@lysator.liu.se>
# Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement.
# See http://www.python.org/2.4/license for licensing details.
r"""Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams
This module allows you to spawn processes, connect to their
input/output/error pipes, and obtain their return codes.
For a complete description of this module see the Python documentation.
run(...): Runs a command, waits for it to complete, then returns a
CompletedProcess instance.
Popen(...): A class for flexibly executing a command in a new process
DEVNULL: Special value that indicates that os.devnull should be used
PIPE: Special value that indicates a pipe should be created
STDOUT: Special value that indicates that stderr should go to stdout
call(...): Runs a command, waits for it to complete, then returns
check_call(...): Same as call() but raises CalledProcessError()
check_output(...): Same as check_call() but returns the contents of
stdout instead of a return code
getoutput(...): Runs a command in the shell, waits for it to complete,
getstatusoutput(...): Runs a command in the shell, waits for it to complete,
then returns a (exitcode, output) tuple
from time import monotonic as _time
__all__ = ["Popen", "PIPE", "STDOUT", "call", "check_call", "getstatusoutput",
"getoutput", "check_output", "run", "CalledProcessError", "DEVNULL",
"SubprocessError", "TimeoutExpired", "CompletedProcess"]
# NOTE: We intentionally exclude list2cmdline as it is
# considered an internal implementation detail. issue10838.
except ModuleNotFoundError:
from _winapi import (CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP,
STD_INPUT_HANDLE, STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE,
STD_ERROR_HANDLE, SW_HIDE,
STARTF_USESTDHANDLES, STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW,
ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS, IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS,
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS,
CREATE_NO_WINDOW, DETACHED_PROCESS,
CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE, CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB)
__all__.extend(["CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE", "CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP",
"STD_INPUT_HANDLE", "STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE",
"STD_ERROR_HANDLE", "SW_HIDE",
"STARTF_USESTDHANDLES", "STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW",
"ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS", "BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS",
"HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS", "IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS",
"NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS", "REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS",
"CREATE_NO_WINDOW", "DETACHED_PROCESS",
"CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE", "CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB"])
# Exception classes used by this module.
class SubprocessError(Exception): pass
class CalledProcessError(SubprocessError):
"""Raised when run() is called with check=True and the process
returns a non-zero exit status.
cmd, returncode, stdout, stderr, output
def __init__(self, returncode, cmd, output=None, stderr=None):
self.returncode = returncode
if self.returncode and self.returncode < 0:
return "Command '%s' died with %r." % (
self.cmd, signal.Signals(-self.returncode))
return "Command '%s' died with unknown signal %d." % (
self.cmd, -self.returncode)
return "Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d." % (
self.cmd, self.returncode)
"""Alias for output attribute, to match stderr"""
# There's no obvious reason to set this, but allow it anyway so
# .stdout is a transparent alias for .output
class TimeoutExpired(SubprocessError):
"""This exception is raised when the timeout expires while waiting for a
cmd, output, stdout, stderr, timeout
def __init__(self, cmd, timeout, output=None, stderr=None):
return ("Command '%s' timed out after %s seconds" %
(self.cmd, self.timeout))
# There's no obvious reason to set this, but allow it anyway so
# .stdout is a transparent alias for .output
def __init__(self, *, dwFlags=0, hStdInput=None, hStdOutput=None,
hStdError=None, wShowWindow=0, lpAttributeList=None):
self.hStdInput = hStdInput
self.hStdOutput = hStdOutput
self.hStdError = hStdError
self.wShowWindow = wShowWindow
self.lpAttributeList = lpAttributeList or {"handle_list": []}
attr_list = self.lpAttributeList.copy()
if 'handle_list' in attr_list:
attr_list['handle_list'] = list(attr_list['handle_list'])
return STARTUPINFO(dwFlags=self.dwFlags,
hStdInput=self.hStdInput,
hStdOutput=self.hStdOutput,
hStdError=self.hStdError,
wShowWindow=self.wShowWindow,
lpAttributeList=attr_list)
def Close(self, CloseHandle=_winapi.CloseHandle):
raise ValueError("already closed")
return "%s(%d)" % (self.__class__.__name__, int(self))
# When select or poll has indicated that the file is writable,
# we can write up to _PIPE_BUF bytes without risk of blocking.
# POSIX defines PIPE_BUF as >= 512.
_PIPE_BUF = getattr(select, 'PIPE_BUF', 512)
# poll/select have the advantage of not requiring any extra file
# descriptor, contrarily to epoll/kqueue (also, they require a single
if hasattr(selectors, 'PollSelector'):
_PopenSelector = selectors.PollSelector
_PopenSelector = selectors.SelectSelector
# On Windows we just need to close `Popen._handle` when we no longer need
# it, so that the kernel can free it. `Popen._handle` gets closed
# implicitly when the `Popen` instance is finalized (see `Handle.__del__`,
# which is calling `CloseHandle` as requested in [1]), so there is nothing
# [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/ProcThread/
# This lists holds Popen instances for which the underlying process had not
# exited at the time its __del__ method got called: those processes are
# wait()ed for synchronously from _cleanup() when a new Popen object is
# created, to avoid zombie processes.
res = inst._internal_poll(_deadstate=sys.maxsize)
# This can happen if two threads create a new Popen instance.
# It's harmless that it was already removed, so ignore.
# XXX This function is only used by multiprocessing and the test suite,
# but it's here so that it can be imported when Python is compiled without
def _optim_args_from_interpreter_flags():
"""Return a list of command-line arguments reproducing the current
optimization settings in sys.flags."""
value = sys.flags.optimize
args.append('-' + 'O' * value)
def _args_from_interpreter_flags():
"""Return a list of command-line arguments reproducing the current
settings in sys.flags, sys.warnoptions and sys._xoptions."""
'dont_write_bytecode': 'B',
# -O is handled in _optim_args_from_interpreter_flags()
args = _optim_args_from_interpreter_flags()
for flag, opt in flag_opt_map.items():
v = getattr(sys.flags, flag)
args.append('-' + opt * v)
if sys.flags.ignore_environment:
if sys.flags.no_user_site:
warnopts = sys.warnoptions[:]
bytes_warning = sys.flags.bytes_warning
xoptions = getattr(sys, '_xoptions', {})
dev_mode = ('dev' in xoptions)
warnopts.remove("error::BytesWarning")
warnopts.remove("default::BytesWarning")
warnopts.remove('default')
args.extend(('-X', 'dev'))
for opt in ('faulthandler', 'tracemalloc', 'importtime',
'showrefcount', 'utf8', 'oldparser'):
arg = '%s=%s' % (opt, value)
def call(*popenargs, timeout=None, **kwargs):
"""Run command with arguments. Wait for command to complete or
timeout, then return the returncode attribute.
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:
return p.wait(timeout=timeout)
except: # Including KeyboardInterrupt, wait handled that.
# We don't call p.wait() again as p.__exit__ does that for us.
def check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
"""Run command with arguments. Wait for command to complete. If
the exit code was zero then return, otherwise raise
CalledProcessError. The CalledProcessError object will have the
return code in the returncode attribute.
The arguments are the same as for the call function. Example:
retcode = call(*popenargs, **kwargs)
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
def check_output(*popenargs, timeout=None, **kwargs):
r"""Run command with arguments and return its output.
If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError. The
CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
attribute and output in the output attribute.
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
>>> check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
b'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18 2007 /dev/null\n'
The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally.
To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=STDOUT.
>>> check_output(["/bin/sh", "-c",
... "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
b'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
There is an additional optional argument, "input", allowing you to
pass a string to the subprocess's stdin. If you use this argument
you may not also use the Popen constructor's "stdin" argument, as
it too will be used internally. Example:
>>> check_output(["sed", "-e", "s/foo/bar/"],
... input=b"when in the course of fooman events\n")
b'when in the course of barman events\n'
By default, all communication is in bytes, and therefore any "input"
should be bytes, and the return value will be bytes. If in text mode,
any "input" should be a string, and the return value will be a string
decoded according to locale encoding, or by "encoding" if set. Text mode
is triggered by setting any of text, encoding, errors or universal_newlines.
raise ValueError('stdout argument not allowed, it will be overridden.')
if 'input' in kwargs and kwargs['input'] is None:
# Explicitly passing input=None was previously equivalent to passing an
# empty string. That is maintained here for backwards compatibility.
if kwargs.get('universal_newlines') or kwargs.get('text'):
return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
class CompletedProcess(object):
"""A process that has finished running.
This is returned by run().
args: The list or str args passed to run().
returncode: The exit code of the process, negative for signals.
stdout: The standard output (None if not captured).
stderr: The standard error (None if not captured).
def __init__(self, args, returncode, stdout=None, stderr=None):
self.returncode = returncode
args = ['args={!r}'.format(self.args),
'returncode={!r}'.format(self.returncode)]
if self.stdout is not None:
args.append('stdout={!r}'.format(self.stdout))
if self.stderr is not None:
args.append('stderr={!r}'.format(self.stderr))
return "{}({})".format(type(self).__name__, ', '.join(args))
__class_getitem__ = classmethod(types.GenericAlias)
def check_returncode(self):
"""Raise CalledProcessError if the exit code is non-zero."""
raise CalledProcessError(self.returncode, self.args, self.stdout,
input=None, capture_output=False, timeout=None, check=False, **kwargs):
"""Run command with arguments and return a CompletedProcess instance.
The returned instance will have attributes args, returncode, stdout and
stderr. By default, stdout and stderr are not captured, and those attributes
will be None. Pass stdout=PIPE and/or stderr=PIPE in order to capture them.
If check is True and the exit code was non-zero, it raises a
CalledProcessError. The CalledProcessError object will have the return code
in the returncode attribute, and output & stderr attributes if those streams
If timeout is given, and the process takes too long, a TimeoutExpired
exception will be raised.
There is an optional argument "input", allowing you to
pass bytes or a string to the subprocess's stdin. If you use this argument
you may not also use the Popen constructor's "stdin" argument, as
it will be used internally.
By default, all communication is in bytes, and therefore any "input" should
be bytes, and the stdout and stderr will be bytes. If in text mode, any
"input" should be a string, and stdout and stderr will be strings decoded
according to locale encoding, or by "encoding" if set. Text mode is
triggered by setting any of text, encoding, errors or universal_newlines.
The other arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.
if kwargs.get('stdin') is not None:
raise ValueError('stdin and input arguments may not both be used.')
if kwargs.get('stdout') is not None or kwargs.get('stderr') is not None:
raise ValueError('stdout and stderr arguments may not be used '
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