I want to open a process in the background and interact with it, but this process should be invisible in both Linux and Windows. In Windows you have to do some stuff with STARTUPINFO, while this isn't valid in Linux:
ValueError: startupinfo is only supported on Windows platforms
Is there a simpler way than creating a separate Popen command for each OS?
if os.name == 'nt':
startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
proc = subprocess.Popen(command, startupinfo=startupinfo)
if os.name == 'posix':
proc = subprocess.Popen(command)
You can reduce one line :)
startupinfo = None
if os.name == 'nt':
startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
proc = subprocess.Popen(command, startupinfo=startupinfo)