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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/subprocess.rst6
-rw-r--r--Lib/subprocess.py22
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_subprocess.py22
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index ae2f73b..96b7443 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ This module also defines two shortcut functions:
.. versionadded:: 2.5
-.. function:: check_call_output(*popenargs, **kwargs)
+.. function:: check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs)
Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ This module also defines two shortcut functions:
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
- >>> subprocess.check_call_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
+ >>> subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18 2007 /dev/null\n'
The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally.
To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=subprocess.STDOUT.
- >>> subprocess.check_call_output(
+ >>> subprocess.check_output(
["/bin/sh", "-c", "ls non_existant_file ; exit 0"],
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
'ls: non_existant_file: No such file or directory\n'
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 7caf528..309f5d4 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
check_call(["ls", "-l"])
-check_call_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
+check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError. The
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ check_call_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
- output = subprocess.check_call_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
+ output = subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
Exceptions
----------
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ should prepare for OSErrors.
A ValueError will be raised if Popen is called with invalid arguments.
-check_call() and check_call_output() will raise CalledProcessError, if the
+check_call() and check_output() will raise CalledProcessError, if the
called process returns a non-zero return code.
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ import signal
# Exception classes used by this module.
class CalledProcessError(Exception):
"""This exception is raised when a process run by check_call() or
- check_call_output() returns a non-zero exit status.
+ check_output() returns a non-zero exit status.
The exit status will be stored in the returncode attribute;
- check_call_output() will also store the output in the output attribute.
+ check_output() will also store the output in the output attribute.
"""
def __init__(self, returncode, cmd, output=None):
self.returncode = returncode
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ else:
import pickle
__all__ = ["Popen", "PIPE", "STDOUT", "call", "check_call",
- "check_call_output", "CalledProcessError"]
+ "check_output", "CalledProcessError"]
try:
MAXFD = os.sysconf("SC_OPEN_MAX")
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ def check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
return 0
-def check_call_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
+def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError. The
@@ -487,15 +487,15 @@ def check_call_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example:
- >>> check_call_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
+ >>> check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18 2007 /dev/null\n'
The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally.
To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=subprocess.STDOUT.
- >>> check_call_output(["/bin/sh", "-c",
- "ls -l non_existant_file ; exit 0"],
- stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+ >>> check_output(["/bin/sh", "-c",
+ "ls -l non_existant_file ; exit 0"],
+ stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
'ls: non_existant_file: No such file or directory\n'
"""
if 'stdout' in kwargs:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 878b79b..ae8e888 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -72,33 +72,33 @@ class ProcessTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
else:
self.fail("Expected CalledProcessError")
- def test_check_call_output(self):
- # check_call_output() function with zero return code
- output = subprocess.check_call_output(
+ def test_check_output(self):
+ # check_output() function with zero return code
+ output = subprocess.check_output(
[sys.executable, "-c", "print 'BDFL'"])
self.assertTrue('BDFL' in output)
- def test_check_call_output_nonzero(self):
+ def test_check_output_nonzero(self):
# check_call() function with non-zero return code
try:
- subprocess.check_call_output(
+ subprocess.check_output(
[sys.executable, "-c", "import sys; sys.exit(5)"])
except subprocess.CalledProcessError, e:
self.assertEqual(e.returncode, 5)
else:
self.fail("Expected CalledProcessError")
- def test_check_call_output_stderr(self):
- # check_call_output() function stderr redirected to stdout
- output = subprocess.check_call_output(
+ def test_check_output_stderr(self):
+ # check_output() function stderr redirected to stdout
+ output = subprocess.check_output(
[sys.executable, "-c", "import sys; sys.stderr.write('BDFL')"],
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
self.assertTrue('BDFL' in output)
- def test_check_call_output_stdout_arg(self):
- # check_call_output() function stderr redirected to stdout
+ def test_check_output_stdout_arg(self):
+ # check_output() function stderr redirected to stdout
try:
- output = subprocess.check_call_output(
+ output = subprocess.check_output(
[sys.executable, "-c", "print 'will not be run'"],
stdout=sys.stdout)
except ValueError, e:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c4b0207..55e123b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
-- Added the subprocess.check_call_output() convenience function to get output
+- Added the subprocess.check_output() convenience function to get output
from a subprocess on success or raise an exception on error.
- Issue #1055234: cgi.parse_header(): Fixed parsing of header parameters to