OSError Errno 2 No such file or directory while using python subprocess in Django

Question

I am trying to run a program to make some system calls inside Python code using subprocess call   which throws the following error   Traceback  most recent call last         File   lt console gt    line 1  in  lt module gt        File   usr lib python2 7 subprocess py   line 493  in call       return Popen  popenargs    kwargs  wait         File   usr lib python2 7 subprocess py   line 679  in   init   errread  errwrite        File   usr lib python2 7 subprocess py   line 1249  in  execute child       raise child exception       OSError   Errno 2  No such file or directory   My actual Python code is as follows    url     media videos 3cf02324-43e5-4996-bbdf-6377df448ae4 mp4  real path     home chanceapp webapps chanceapp chanceapp  url fake crop path     home chanceapp webapps chanceapp chanceapp fake1  url fake rotate path     home chanceapp webapps chanceapp chanceapp fake2  url crop    ffmpeg -i  s -vf    real path   crop 400 400 0 0     -strict -2  s   fake crop path  rotate    ffmpeg -i  s -vf    fake crop path   transpose 1     s   fake rotate path  move rotated    mv     s   fake rotate path     s   real path  delete cropped    rm     s   fake crop path   system calls  subprocess call crop    Can I get some relevant advice on how to solve this

User · Accepted Answer

Use shell True if you re passing a string to subprocess call   From docs      If passing a single string  either shell must be True or   else the string must simply name the program to be executed without   specifying any arguments    subprocess call crop  shell True    or   import shlex subprocess call shlex split crop

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Can t upvote so I ll repost  jfs comment cause I think it should be more visible       AnneTheAgile  shell True is not required  Moreover you should not use   it unless it is necessary  see   valid s comment   You should pass   each command-line argument as a separate list item instead e g   use     command    arg 1    arg 2   instead of  command  arg 1   arg 2          jfs Mar 3  15 at 10 02

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No such file or directory can be also raised if you are trying to put a file argument to Popen with double-quotes   For example   call args     mv     path to file with spaces txt     somewhere     In this case  you need to remove double-quotes   call args     mv    path to file with spaces txt    somewhere

[python] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory while using python subprocess in Django

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