Python development

libexe comes with Python-bindings named pyexe.

Below are examples how use pyexe. They assume you have a working version of pyexe on your system. To build pyexe see Building.

Import

To be able to use pyexe in your Python scripts add the following import:

import pyexe

Get version

The get_version() module function can be used to retrieve the version of the pyexe.

pyexe.get_version()

This will return a textual string (Unicode) that contains the libexe version. Since pyexe is a wrapper around libexe it does not have a separate version.

Open file

Open a file by path

exe_file = pyexe.file()

exe_file.open("cmd.exe")

...

exe_file.close()

The explicit call to exe_file.close() is not required. Close only must be called once all operations on the file have been completed.

Open a file using a file-like object

file_object = open("cmd.exe", "rb")

exe_file = pyexe.file()

exe_file.open_file_object(file_object)

...

exe_file.close()

The explicit call to exe_file.close() is not required. Close only must be called once all operations on the file have been completed and will not close the file-like object itself.

Also see

import pyexe

help(pyexe)
help(pyexe.file)