alexrashed · May 26, 2023 10:57
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
diff --git a/child.py b/child.py
 import sys

 # print the script
 print(sys.argv)

 # verify that we have simbda here
 import simba as si
 print("We just imported simba. In the current env, we have simba!")
diff --git a/parent.py b/parent.py
 import sys
 import subprocess

 # print the script
 print(sys.argv)

 # verify that simba is not available in the parent env
 try:
    import simba as si
    raise Exception("We shouldn't get here. The parent env does not have simba!")
 except ImportError:
    print("simba is not available in the env")

 # flush the output to make sure that the output is in order
 sys.stdout.flush()

 # create the command
 # - first initialize the shell (this might be done automatically, depending on your environment, this is quite specific to the OS / system)
 # - execute the child.py script in its own conda environemtn
 command = """
 . <path-to-anaconda>/etc/profile.d/conda.sh &&
  conda run -n child-env python ./child.py
 """
 # run the command
 # - use "shell=True" to execute the command as a shell command string
 # - use "env={}" to make sure we start in a clean environment
 #   - conda seems to pollute the environment quite a lot with path and other environment modiciations
 #     (https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/11174 and others)
 subprocess.run(command, shell=True, env={})
	import sys

	# print the script
	print(sys.argv)

	# verify that we have simbda here
	import simba as si
	print("We just imported simba. In the current env, we have simba!")
	import sys
	import subprocess

	# print the script
	print(sys.argv)

	# verify that simba is not available in the parent env
	try:
	import simba as si
	raise Exception("We shouldn't get here. The parent env does not have simba!")
	except ImportError:
	print("simba is not available in the env")

	# flush the output to make sure that the output is in order
	sys.stdout.flush()

	# create the command
	# - first initialize the shell (this might be done automatically, depending on your environment, this is quite specific to the OS / system)
	# - execute the child.py script in its own conda environemtn
	command = """
	. <path-to-anaconda>/etc/profile.d/conda.sh &&
	conda run -n child-env python ./child.py
	"""
	# run the command
	# - use "shell=True" to execute the command as a shell command string
	# - use "env={}" to make sure we start in a clean environment
	# - conda seems to pollute the environment quite a lot with path and other environment modiciations
	# (https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/11174 and others)
	subprocess.run(command, shell=True, env={})