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-rw-r--r--Lib/imaplib.py11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/imaplib.py b/Lib/imaplib.py
index 0ea307b3c8..78ae45ef52 100644
--- a/Lib/imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/imaplib.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Public functions: Internaldate2tuple
__version__ = "2.58"
-import binascii, os, random, re, socket, sys, time
+import binascii, random, re, socket, subprocess, sys, time
__all__ = ["IMAP4", "IMAP4_stream", "Internaldate2tuple",
"Int2AP", "ParseFlags", "Time2Internaldate"]
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ class IMAP4_stream(IMAP4):
Instantiate with: IMAP4_stream(command)
- where "command" is a string that can be passed to os.popen2()
+ where "command" is a string that can be passed to Subprocess.Popen()
for more documentation see the docstring of the parent class IMAP4.
"""
@@ -1232,7 +1232,11 @@ class IMAP4_stream(IMAP4):
self.port = None
self.sock = None
self.file = None
- self.writefile, self.readfile = os.popen2(self.command)
+ self.process = subprocess.Popen(self.command,
+ stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+ shell=True, close_fds=True)
+ self.writefile = self.process.stdin
+ self.readfile = self.process.stdout
def read(self, size):
@@ -1255,6 +1259,7 @@ class IMAP4_stream(IMAP4):
"""Close I/O established in "open"."""
self.readfile.close()
self.writefile.close()
+ self.process.wait()