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Module subprocess ::
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<h2 class="class">Type Popen</h2>
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<pre class="base-tree">
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<a href="__builtin__.object-class.html"><code>object</code></a> --+
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<dl><dt><b>Known Subclasses:</b></dt>
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<a href="CedarBackup2.util.Pipe-class.html"><code>Pipe</code></a></dd></dl>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="subprocess.Popen-class.html#__init__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__init__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>args</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>bufsize</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>executable</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>stdin</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>stdout</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>stderr</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>preexec_fn</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>close_fds</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>shell</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>cwd</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>env</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>universal_newlines</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>startupinfo</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>creationflags</span>)</span></code>
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Create new Popen instance.</td></tr>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="subprocess.Popen-class.html#communicate" class="summary-sig-name"><code>communicate</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>input</span>)</span></code>
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Interact with process: Send data to stdin.</td></tr>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="subprocess.Popen-class.html#poll" class="summary-sig-name"><code>poll</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Check if child process has terminated.</td></tr>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="subprocess.Popen-class.html#wait" class="summary-sig-name"><code>wait</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Wait for child process to terminate.</td></tr>
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<th colspan="2"> Inherited from object</th></tr>
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helper for pickle</td></tr>
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helper for pickle</td></tr>
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x.__repr__() <==> repr(x)</td></tr>
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>args</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>bufsize</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>executable</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>stdin</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>stdout</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>stderr</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>preexec_fn</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>close_fds</span>=<span class=sig-default>False</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>shell</span>=<span class=sig-default>False</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>cwd</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>env</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>universal_newlines</span>=<span class=sig-default>False</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>creationflags</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>)</span>
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<br /><i>(Constructor)</i>
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Create new Popen instance.
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<dd><a href="__builtin__.object-class.html#__init__"><code>__builtin__.object.__init__</code></a></dd>
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">communicate</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>input</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>)</span>
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<p>Interact with process: Send data to stdin. Read data from stdout and
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stderr, until end-of-file is reached. Wait for process to terminate.
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The optional input argument should be a string to be sent to the child
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process, or None, if no data should be sent to the child.</p>
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communicate() returns a tuple (stdout, stderr).
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">poll</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
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Check if child process has terminated. Returns returncode
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">wait</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
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Wait for child process to terminate. Returns returncode
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