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Guido van Rossum9a22de11995-01-12 12:29:47 +00001import os
2import sys
3import string
4
5MAXFD = 100 # Max number of file descriptors (os.getdtablesize()???)
6
7def popen2(cmd):
8 cmd = string.split(cmd)
9 p2cread, p2cwrite = os.pipe()
10 c2pread, c2pwrite = os.pipe()
11 pid = os.fork()
12 if pid == 0:
13 # Child
14 os.close(0)
15 os.close(1)
16 if os.dup(p2cread) <> 0:
17 sys.stderr.write('popen2: bad read dup\n')
18 if os.dup(c2pwrite) <> 1:
19 sys.stderr.write('popen2: bad write dup\n')
20 for i in range(3, MAXFD):
21 try:
22 os.close(i)
23 except:
24 pass
25 try:
26 os.execv(cmd[0], cmd)
27 finally:
28 os._exit(1)
29 # Shouldn't come here, I guess
30 os._exit(1)
31 os.close(p2cread)
32 tochild = os.fdopen(p2cwrite, 'w')
33 os.close(c2pwrite)
34 fromchild = os.fdopen(c2pread, 'r')
35 return fromchild, tochild