Function capfdbinary

src/_pytest/capture.py:1126–1151

r"""Enable bytes capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``. The captured output is made available via ``capfd.readouterr()`` method calls, which return a ``(out, err)`` namedtuple. ``out`` and ``err`` will be ``byte`` objects. Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFix

(request: SubRequest)

@fixture
def capfdbinary(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[bytes]]:
    r"""Enable bytes capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``.

    The captured output is made available via ``capfd.readouterr()`` method
    calls, which return a ``(out, err)`` namedtuple.
    ``out`` and ``err`` will be ``byte`` objects.

    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[bytes] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.

    Example:

    .. code-block:: python

        def test_system_echo(capfdbinary):
            os.system('echo "hello"')
            captured = capfdbinary.readouterr()
            assert captured.out == b"hello\n"

    """
    capman: CaptureManager = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture(FDCaptureBinary, request, _ispytest=True)
    capman.set_fixture(capture_fixture)
    capture_fixture._start()
    yield capture_fixture
    capture_fixture.close()
    capman.unset_fixture()