Cross-platform subprocess with hidden window

Question

I want to open a process in the background and interact with it, but this process should be invisible in both Linux and Windows. In Windows you have to do some stuff with S

Answer 1

You can turn your code into:

params = dict()

if os.name == 'nt':
    startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
    startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
    params['startupinfo'] = startupinfo

proc = subprocess.Popen(command, **params)

but that's not much better.