subprocess_manager 0.1.2

Python Subprocess Manager

Description

A wrapper around python’s subprocess module which handles new process spawning (optionally as a daemon), specifying a timeout period, and printing/logging/accessing the process’ output in a non-blocking fashion.

Installation

pip install subprocess_manager

Usage

from subprocess_manager.run_subprocess import run_subprocess

process, execution_time = run_subprocess('/bin/bash', ['-l', '-c', 'echo "Hello World!"')
tail_process, command_starttime, command_process_stdout, command_process_stderr = run_subprocess('/bin/bash', ['-l', '-c', 'tail process.log', daemon=True, return_std=True)

See subprocess_manager/run_subprocess.py for additional arguments and details.