Execute external command, exit script and interact with external command

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Is there any alternative to Perl's exec(); in Python?

I need Python to call external command, kill itself, and I can then interact with external command.

In Perl I can just call exec("command argument");

I was trying to achieve this with the subprocess module, but it seems I'm missing something. If I call subprocess.call, I can interact with child process, but parent is still running. If I run subprocess.Popen, the child is killed as soon as the parent exits.

OS is UNIX.
Python is 2.6.4 (can't install any module)

Fred Foo · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-03 14:28:31Z

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The family of os.exec* functions do this.

answered Apr 3, 2013 at 14:28

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Stefan Jarina Over a year ago

Ah, I completely missed this one. Funny that I was checking os module. Ok thanks a lot guys, quick and nice help.

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