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popenx() argument mangling hangs python #35088
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[Platform: Windows 98, using Python 2.1.1] Simple example:
Python 2.1.1 (#20, Jul 20 2001, 01:19:29) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> import os
>>> w,r = os.popen2('dir "C:\\Program Files\\*.*"') I have found that under certain conditions popenx() (x = 2,3,4) will go to never-never land after This prompts w9xpopen.exe to present an invisibe(!) warning mesagebox to the user, assuming it I am not sure if this bug can actually be fixed all that easily (I've read about similar problems for 1 - Work around it. I've found that it's possible to escape the double quotes in the usual way (\") 2 - Modify w9xpopen.c slightly, so the error at least doesn't cause the invisible messagebox to pop |
Logged In: YES Assigned to MarkH. popen on Win9x is a bottomless pit, and |
Logged In: YES Fixed. w9xpopen.exe should never display a message box, Checking in PC/w9xpopen.c; Checking in Modules/posixmodule.c; Checking in Lib/test/test_popen.py;
Checking in Lib/test/output/test_popen; |
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