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Popen giving error in python when trying to execute a script

Have having issues with Popen in python. Code in question:

from subprocess import Popen
Popen(["nohup", "/usr/local/bin/python2.7  /somescript.py"])

With following error:

 failed to run command `/usr/local/bin/python2.7  /somescript.py': No such file or directory

Thing is that when I run the same command in a terminal, it works and the file definitely exists.

Solution

  • You are missing 2 " and a , Popen takes a list of arguments. Try this:

    from subprocess import Popen
Popen(["nohup", "/usr/local/bin/python2.7",  "/somescript.py"])