How can I run an interactive program (like gdb) from python?

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How can I run an interactive program (like gdb) from python?

I am going to run gdb from python.

For instance:

prog.shell.py:
    #do lots of things
    #
    #
    p.subprocess.Popen("gdb --args myprog", shell=True, stdin=sys.stdin, stdout=sys.stdout)

But gdb is not being called as I expected, communication with gdb is broken. I've also tried os.system (), but it still doesn't work. What could I be doing wrong?

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limi May 22 '09 @ 1:21 am

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Dave · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-22T01:27:21+0000

I think you meant

p = subprocess.Popen(...)

You probably need to wait for p to complete:

p.wait()

How can I run an interactive program (like gdb) from python?

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