bpo-31961: subprocess now accepts path-like args (GH-4329)

Allow os.PathLike args in subprocess APIs.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index eee24bb..858a701 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1475,6 +1475,37 @@ class RunFuncTestCase(BaseTestCase):
                              env=newenv)
         self.assertEqual(cp.returncode, 33)
 
+    def test_run_with_pathlike_path(self):
+        # bpo-31961: test run(pathlike_object)
+        class Path:
+            def __fspath__(self):
+                # the name of a command that can be run without
+                # any argumenets that exit fast
+                return 'dir' if mswindows else 'ls'
+
+        path = Path()
+        if mswindows:
+            res = subprocess.run(path, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, shell=True)
+        else:
+            res = subprocess.run(path, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
+        self.assertEqual(res.returncode, 0)
+
+    def test_run_with_pathlike_path_and_arguments(self):
+        # bpo-31961: test run([pathlike_object, 'additional arguments'])
+        class Path:
+            def __fspath__(self):
+                # the name of a command that can be run without
+                # any argumenets that exits fast
+                return sys.executable
+
+        path = Path()
+
+        args = [path, '-c', 'import sys; sys.exit(57)']
+        res = subprocess.run(args)
+
+        self.assertEqual(res.returncode, 57)
+
     def test_capture_output(self):
         cp = self.run_python(("import sys;"
                               "sys.stdout.write('BDFL'); "