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Author	skip.montanaro
Recipients	pbrandt, skip.montanaro
Date	2008-03-21.01:10:52
SpamBayes Score	0.13063948
Marked as misclassified	No
Message-id	<1206061855.95.0.918332923744.issue2438@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The default for Popen objects is to not use the shell, thus no expansion. Set shell=True in the Popen call: >>> import subprocess >>> output = subprocess.Popen(['ls', '']) >>> ls: : No such file or directory >>> output = subprocess.Popen(['ls', '*'], shell=True) >>> configure.out svn-stat.out svn-update.out Skip

The default for Popen objects is to not use the shell, thus
no expansion.  Set shell=True in the Popen call:

>>> import subprocess
>>> output = subprocess.Popen(['ls', '*'])
>>> ls: *: No such file or directory

>>> output = subprocess.Popen(['ls', '*'], shell=True)
>>> configure.out	svn-stat.out	svn-update.out

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History
Date	User	Action	Args
2008-03-21 01:10:56	skip.montanaro	set	spambayes_score: 0.130639 -> 0.13063948 recipients: + skip.montanaro, pbrandt
2008-03-21 01:10:55	skip.montanaro	set	spambayes_score: 0.130639 -> 0.130639 messageid: <1206061855.95.0.918332923744.issue2438@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-03-21 01:10:54	skip.montanaro	link	issue2438 messages
2008-03-21 01:10:53	skip.montanaro	create