def popen(cmd, mode='r', bufsize=None):
    # Find a working popen implementation preferring win32pipe.popen
    # over os.popen over _popen
    popen = None
    if os.environ.get('OS','') == 'Windows_NT':
        # On NT win32pipe should work; on Win9x it hangs due to bugs
        # in the MS C lib (see MS KnowledgeBase article Q150956)
        try:
            import win32pipe
        except ImportError:
            pass
        else:
            popen = win32pipe.popen
    if popen is None:
        if hasattr(os,'popen'):
            popen = os.popen
            # Check whether it works... it doesn't in GUI programs
            # on Windows platforms
            if sys.platform == 'win32': # XXX Others too ?
                try:
                    popen('')
                except os.error:
                    popen = _popen
        else:
            popen = _popen
    if bufsize is None:
        return popen(cmd,mode)
    else:
        return popen(cmd,mode,bufsize)
Installs a plugin:
dataset/ETHPy150Open babble/babble/include/jython/Lib/platform.py/popen--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open uwdata/termite-data-server/web2py/gluon/admin.py/plugin_install