Method _run_args

python/scriptingprovider.py:1109–1118

(self, args, env: Optional[Dict]=None)

	# This function can only be used to execute commands that return ASCII-only output, otherwise the decoding will fail
	def _run_args(self, args, env: Optional[Dict]=None):
		si = None
		if sys.platform == "win32":
			si = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
			si.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW

		try:
			return (True, subprocess.check_output(args, startupinfo=si, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=env).decode("utf-8"))
		except subprocess.SubprocessError as se:
			return (False, str(se))

	def _pip_exists(self, python_bin: str, python_env: Optional[Dict]=None) -> bool:
		return self._run_args([python_bin, "-c", "import pip; pip.__version__"], env=python_env)[0]