“subprocess.Popen” – checking for success and errors

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Do you need to do anything with the output of the process?

The check_call method might be useful here. See the python docs here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.check_call

You can then use this as follows:

try:
  subprocess.check_call(command)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
  # There was an error - command exited with non-zero code

However, this relies on command returning an exit code of 0 for succesful completion and a non-zero value for an error.

If you need to capture the output as well, then the check_output method may be more appropriate. It is still possible to redirect the standard error if you need this as well.

try:
  proc = subprocess.check_output(command, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
  # do something with output
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
  # There was an error - command exited with non-zero code

See the docs here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.check_output

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