monty.subprocess module — monty 4.0.2 documentation

# monty.subprocess module

Calling shell processes.

class `Command`(command)

  Bases: `object`

  Enables to run subprocess commands in a different thread with TIMEOUT option.

  Based on jcollado’s solution:

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1191374/subprocess-with-timeout/4825933#4825933

  and

    https://gist.github.com/kirpit/1306188

  `retcode`

    Return code of the subprocess

  `killed`

    True if subprocess has been killed due to the timeout

  `output`

    stdout of the subprocess

  `error`

    stderr of the subprocess

  Example

  com = Command(“sleep 1”).run(timeout=2) print(com.retcode, com.killed, com.output, com.output)

  Parameters

    command – Command to execute

  `run`(timeout=None, **kwargs)

    Run a command in a separated thread and wait timeout seconds. kwargs are keyword arguments passed to Popen.

    Return: self