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David542
David542

Reputation: 110582

cd into another directory to execute a script

I need to cd into a particular directory to run a jar package. This is what I'm currently trying to do, albeit unsucessfully:

subprocess.call(['cd','sales'])
subprocess.call(shlex.split("""java Autoingestion %s %s %s Sales Daily Details %s"""%                                                                         
            (self.username, self.password, self.vendor_number, self.date)))

How would I correctly cd into the sales folder and execute this script?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 247

Answers (4)

thiruvenkadam
thiruvenkadam

Reputation: 4260

Use os.chdir() to change the current directory to a specified one.

I would suggest you to use subprocess.Popen() rather than subprocess.call(). If you wish to set the environment yourself before running the java code, like setting JAVA_PATH, etc, it is easy by setting the env argument of Popen.

from subprocess import Popen
from os import chdir
from os.path import exists

sales_dir = "/home/ubuntu/sales"

# Sanity check for the directory
if exists(sales_dir):
    chdir(sales_dir)

new_proces = Popen("java Autoingestion %s %s %s Sales Daily Details %s" % 
             (self.username, self.password, self.vendor_number, self.date))

Upvotes: 0

Xavier Combelle
Xavier Combelle

Reputation: 11235

You should do

subprocess.call(["java","Autoingestion",self.username, self.password, self.vendor_number, "Sales","Daily","Details",self.date, cwd="sales")

Notice that you should not do shlex.split as it is insecure

Upvotes: 2

Andrew Clark
Andrew Clark

Reputation: 208715

Use os.chdir() before your second Popen call (and get rid of the first Popen call).

Upvotes: 1

NPE
NPE

Reputation: 500933

One way is to use os.chdir() before creating the Java subprocess.

Upvotes: 1

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