Example processes.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from __future__ import print_function
import gevent
from gevent import subprocess

import sys

if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
    UNAME = ['cmd.exe', '/C', 'ver']
    LS = ['dir.exe']
else:
    UNAME = ['uname']
    LS = ['ls']

# run 2 jobs in parallel
p1 = subprocess.Popen(UNAME, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
p2 = subprocess.Popen(LS, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

gevent.wait([p1, p2], timeout=2)

# print the results (if available)
if p1.poll() is not None:
    print('uname: %r' % p1.stdout.read())
else:
    print('uname: job is still running')
if p2.poll() is not None:
    print('ls: %r' % p2.stdout.read())
else:
    print('ls: job is still running')

p1.stdout.close()
p2.stdout.close()

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