Method popen

src/_pytest/pytester.py:1349–1385

Invoke :py:class:`subprocess.Popen`. Calls :py:class:`subprocess.Popen` making sure the current working directory is in ``PYTHONPATH``. You probably want to use :py:meth:`run` instead.

(
        self,
        cmdargs: Sequence[str | os.PathLike[str]],
        stdout: int | TextIO = subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr: int | TextIO = subprocess.PIPE,
        stdin: NotSetType | bytes | IO[Any] | int = CLOSE_STDIN,
        **kw,
    )

        return None

    def popen(
        self,
        cmdargs: Sequence[str | os.PathLike[str]],
        stdout: int | TextIO = subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr: int | TextIO = subprocess.PIPE,
        stdin: NotSetType | bytes | IO[Any] | int = CLOSE_STDIN,
        **kw,
    ):
        """Invoke :py:class:`subprocess.Popen`.

        Calls :py:class:`subprocess.Popen` making sure the current working
        directory is in ``PYTHONPATH``.

        You probably want to use :py:meth:`run` instead.
        """
        env = os.environ.copy()
        env["PYTHONPATH"] = os.pathsep.join(
            filter(None, [os.getcwd(), env.get("PYTHONPATH", "")])
        )
        kw["env"] = env

        if stdin is self.CLOSE_STDIN:
            kw["stdin"] = subprocess.PIPE
        elif isinstance(stdin, bytes):
            kw["stdin"] = subprocess.PIPE
        else:
            kw["stdin"] = stdin

        popen = subprocess.Popen(cmdargs, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, **kw)
        if stdin is self.CLOSE_STDIN:
            assert popen.stdin is not None
            popen.stdin.close()
        elif isinstance(stdin, bytes):
            assert popen.stdin is not None
            popen.stdin.write(stdin)

        return popen

    def run(
        self,