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Python custom sensor incompatible with modules subprocess and os?

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For some reason, when I try to add the following line of code, I get an error:

p = subprocess.Popen("df -Pk -m -xtmpfs -xdevtmpfs", stdout=PIPE, shell=True).stdout

I initially had code that used os instead, but that didn't work either.

As the code runs fine in the Interactive Shell, the only thing I could think of is that I'm importing the module incorrectly. I'm not entirely sure where this script is running from, but I'm importing normally with:

import os import subprocess from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT

Should I try moving the modules to a different folder such as the paepy folder? Is it actually an import issue?

Also, I always get the PE233 error no matter what, syntax error, return error, print error. Does that hold some significance?

custom-sensor debug prtg-network-monitor python

Created on Jul 11, 2017 3:19:09 PM



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Dear justinkae

Since the import fails, no correct output is generated, hence the error. PRTG uses its own Python runtime ("C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Python34"). Did you put the modules into the right place?

Created on Jul 12, 2017 2:18:45 PM by  Arne Seifert [Paessler Support]




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