sys

Drop-in replacements for the base system2() function with fine control and consistent behavior across platforms. Supports clean interruption, timeout, background tasks, and streaming STDIN / STDOUT / STDERR over binary or text connections. Arguments on Windows automatically get encoded and quoted to work on different locales.

Last 30 days

This package has been downloaded 955,173 times in the last 30 days. This is starting to look legendary. Enough downloads to inspire a dedicated panel discussion! The following heatmap shows the distribution of downloads per day. Yesterday, it was downloaded 47,012 times.

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Last 365 days

This package has been downloaded 9,412,824 times in the last 365 days. Perhaps it's time to consider hiring a personal assistant to manage the newfound fame. That's an absurd number of downloads. The day with the most downloads was Apr 16, 2025 with 47,012 downloads.

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