Subprocess module in Robofont

[A Former User]

Hello RoboUsers!

I would like to use the subprocess python module in Robofont.
If I launch the following script from sublime/terminal:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(['vfb2ufo', 'font.ufo'])

this is the output that I receive:

VFB2UFO Converter
Copyright (c) 2013-2015 by Fontlab Ltd.
Build 2015-01-23

Otherwise, launching the same file from Robofont, I receive this output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test_subprocess.py", line 2, in <module>
  File "subprocess.pyc", line 524, in call
  File "subprocess.pyc", line 711, in __init__
  File "subprocess.pyc", line 1308, in _execute_child
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

There seems to be a problem related to paths, but using something like:

os.path.join(os.getcwd(), ‘font.ufo’)

doesn’t fix the problem.

Any tips?
Actually I’d like to use the vfb2ufo tool someway, so if there’s an alternative to subprocess module is of course welcome.

Thanks

[A Former User]

Solved:

from mojo.compile import executeCommand
print executeCommand(['vfb2ufo', 'font.ufo'], shell=True)

[frederik]

yep, using executeCommand solves your issue when shell is set to True

[A Former User]

Solved:

from mojo.compile import executeCommand
print executeCommand(['vfb2ufo', 'font.ufo'], shell=True)