subprocess.Popen running infinite loop with py2exe

Question

I'm trying to use py2exe to compile a python script into an executable. I've set up the setup.py file just like it's described in documentation:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(console=['agent.py', 'test.py'])

The agent.py file simply uses subprocess.Popen to open another script:

import sys
import subprocess

print 'is this working?'

child = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, 'test.py'])

The test.py file is

while 0 == 0:
    print 'test'

When running this as a python script, it works fine. When running as a py2exe-compiled executable, it does not run.

When I try to change the file reference in agent.py from 'test.py' to 'test.exe', running the compiled agent.exe simply prints 'is this working?' on an infinite loop. What have I done wrong?

Answer 1

That didn't quite work, but all I had to do was replace your answer with the full path name. Thanks! This worked:

app_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(
    os.path.dirname(sys.executable), 'test.exe'))
child = subprocess.Popen(app_path)