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Doboy
Doboy

Reputation: 11082

writing a check program in python for other python files

I am writing a check.py file which reads a file that maps a python file to an output. That file looks something like this

001.py 233168
002.py 4613732

This means 001.py when ran should print out 233168. What is the best way to capture stdout from 00*.py? Overriding stdout and using execfile? or using a subprocess?

I have never done anything like this before, but it seems like 

  subprocess.check_output

does exactly what I want, is there a more appropriate way of doing this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (1)

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 798606

A subprocess. That way the script being executed cannot disrupt the calling script too badly.

Upvotes: 1

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