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-rw-r--r--Lib/subprocess.py10
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_subprocess.py32
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index f69159e..93635ee 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -409,7 +409,8 @@ class CompletedProcess(object):
self.stderr)
-def run(*popenargs, input=None, timeout=None, check=False, **kwargs):
+def run(*popenargs,
+ input=None, capture_output=False, timeout=None, check=False, **kwargs):
"""Run command with arguments and return a CompletedProcess instance.
The returned instance will have attributes args, returncode, stdout and
@@ -442,6 +443,13 @@ def run(*popenargs, input=None, timeout=None, check=False, **kwargs):
raise ValueError('stdin and input arguments may not both be used.')
kwargs['stdin'] = PIPE
+ if capture_output:
+ if ('stdout' in kwargs) or ('stderr' in kwargs):
+ raise ValueError('stdout and stderr arguments may not be used '
+ 'with capture_output.')
+ kwargs['stdout'] = PIPE
+ kwargs['stderr'] = PIPE
+
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
try:
stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index dd63818..eee24bb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1475,6 +1475,38 @@ class RunFuncTestCase(BaseTestCase):
env=newenv)
self.assertEqual(cp.returncode, 33)
+ def test_capture_output(self):
+ cp = self.run_python(("import sys;"
+ "sys.stdout.write('BDFL'); "
+ "sys.stderr.write('FLUFL')"),
+ capture_output=True)
+ self.assertIn(b'BDFL', cp.stdout)
+ self.assertIn(b'FLUFL', cp.stderr)
+
+ def test_stdout_with_capture_output_arg(self):
+ # run() refuses to accept 'stdout' with 'capture_output'
+ tf = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
+ self.addCleanup(tf.close)
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError,
+ msg=("Expected ValueError when stdout and capture_output "
+ "args supplied.")) as c:
+ output = self.run_python("print('will not be run')",
+ capture_output=True, stdout=tf)
+ self.assertIn('stdout', c.exception.args[0])
+ self.assertIn('capture_output', c.exception.args[0])
+
+ def test_stderr_with_capture_output_arg(self):
+ # run() refuses to accept 'stderr' with 'capture_output'
+ tf = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
+ self.addCleanup(tf.close)
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError,
+ msg=("Expected ValueError when stderr and capture_output "
+ "args supplied.")) as c:
+ output = self.run_python("print('will not be run')",
+ capture_output=True, stderr=tf)
+ self.assertIn('stderr', c.exception.args[0])
+ self.assertIn('capture_output', c.exception.args[0])
+
@unittest.skipIf(mswindows, "POSIX specific tests")
class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):