wmii

commit 0855f12de83ba41bb5376811e00cf7606aed4723
parent 262778dccc67b6f35aa8b5a9f230a327291e8068
Author: Kris Maglione <kris@suckless.org>
Date:   Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:37:17 -0400

[python] Call background programs with stdin=/dev/null.

Diffstat:
alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py
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3
++-

1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py b/alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ def _():
 
 def call(*args, **kwargs):
     background = kwargs.pop('background', False)
+    stdin = subprocess.PIPE if not background else open('/dev/null', 'r')
     pipe  = subprocess.PIPE if not background else None
     input = kwargs.pop('input', None)
-    p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdin=pipe, stdout=pipe, stderr=pipe,
+    p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdin=stdin, stdout=pipe, stderr=pipe,
                          preexec_fn=lambda: signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal.SIG_DFL),
                          cwd=os.environ['HOME'], close_fds=True, **kwargs)
     if not background: