Source: python-procrunner Section: python Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-python Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers Uploaders: Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-sequence-python3, python3-setuptools, python3-all, python3-pytest-runner, python3-pytest Standards-Version: 4.6.2 Homepage: https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-procrunner Rules-Requires-Root: no Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/python-procrunner Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/python-procrunner.git Package: python3-procrunner Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${python3:Depends} Description: Versatile utility function to run external processes from Python Versatile utility function to run external processes from Python, with many features: * runs an external process and waits for it to finish * does not deadlock, no matter the process stdout/stderr output behaviour * returns the exit code, stdout, stderr (separately, both as bytestrings), and the total process runtime as a dictionary * process can run in a custom environment, either as a modification of the current environment or in a new environment from scratch * stdin can be fed to the process, the returned dictionary contains information how much was read by the process * stdout and stderr is printed by default, can be disabled * stdout and stderr can be passed to any arbitrary function for live processing (separately, both as unicode strings) * optionally enforces a time limit on the process