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subprocess32
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[](https://badge.fury.io/py/subprocess32)
[](https://travis-ci.org/google/python-subprocess32)
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This is a backport of the Python 3 subprocess module for use on Python 2.
This code has not been tested on Windows or other non-POSIX platforms.
subprocess32 includes many important reliability bug fixes relevant on
POSIX platforms. The most important of which is a C extension module
used internally to handle the code path between fork() and exec().
This module is reliable when an application is using threads.
Refer to the
[Python 3.5 subprocess documentation](https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/subprocess.html)
for usage information.
* Timeout support backported from Python 3.3 is included.
* The run() API from Python 3.5 was backported in subprocess32 3.5.0.
* Otherwise features are frozen at the 3.2 level.
Usage
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The recommend pattern for cross platform code is to use the following:
```python
if os.name == 'posix' and sys.version_info[0] < 3:
import subprocess32 as subprocess
else:
import subprocess
```
Or if you fully control your POSIX Python 2.7 installation, this can serve
as a replacement for its subprocess module. Users will thank you by not
filing concurrency bugs.
Got Bugs?
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Try to reproduce them on the latest Python 3.x itself and file bug
reports on [bugs.python.org](https://bugs.python.org/).
Add gregory.p.smith to the Nosy list.
If you have reason to believe the issue is specifically with this backport
and not a problem in Python 3 itself, use the github issue tracker.
-- Gregory P. Smith _greg@krypto.org_
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