monty.subprocess module

Calling shell processes.

class monty.subprocess.Command(command)

Bases: object

Enables to run subprocess commands in a different thread with TIMEOUT option.

Based on jcollado’s solution:

[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1191374/subprocess-with-timeout/4825933#4825933](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1191374/subprocess-with-timeout/4825933#4825933)

and

[https://gist.github.com/kirpit/1306188](https://gist.github.com/kirpit/1306188)

retcode()

Return code of the subprocess

killed()

True if subprocess has been killed due to the timeout

output()

stdout of the subprocess

error()

stderr of the subprocess

Example

com = Command(“sleep 1”).run(timeout=2) print(com.retcode, com.killed, com.output, com.output)

• Parameters command – Command to execute

run(timeout=None, **kwargs)

Run a command in a separated thread and wait timeout seconds. kwargs are keyword arguments passed to Popen.

Return: self