[GRASS-dev] obtain the progress percentage of a command run from python

[Glynn Clements]

Glynn Clements wrote:

> 	import grass.script as grass
> 	env = os.environ.copy()
> 	env['GRASS_MESSAGE_FORMAT'] = 'gui'
> 	p = grass.start_command(..., stderr = grass.PIPE, env = env)
> 	# read from p.stderr
> 	p.wait()
> 
> If you need to capture both stdout and stderr, you need to use
> threads, select, or non-blocking I/O to consume data from both streams
> as it is generated in order to avoid deadlock.

Or: redirect both stdout and stderr to the same pipe (and hope that
the normal output doesn't include anything which will be mistaken for
progress/error/etc messages):

	p = grass.start_command(..., stdout = grass.PIPE, stderr = grass.STDOUT, env = env)

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>