Print Failure or success based on the value of the standalone tool

Thu May 10 12:54:33 EDT 2018

On 05/10/2018 09:48 AM, Ganesh Pal wrote:
> I have to test a standalone tool from a python script and I am using
> os.system() to run the tool . I need to take decision based on the return
> value of the standalone tool .
>> But since os.system merely throws the output value to STDOUT & returns the
> exit status (0 => no error) of the shell , how can I make this print Fail
> or Pass based on the return value of the standalone tool.
>> In the below example ( return_values() function)
>
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By not using os.system, it's been superseded for reasons exactly like 
yours. https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html is your friend.
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