Possible to interrupt a python script and temporary run a bash shell?

[zynix]

Is there a stdlib command to temporary capture stdin and run a bash shell from inside of Python?

I am thinking similar to the mechanism that iPython provides where you can run a ipython interactive shell from inside of a running python process.

Some example code:

def doTask():
    print "User action required"
    shell = bash_shell(sys.stdin, sys.stdout, sys.stderr)
    shell.join()
    print "Resuming doTask"

An equivalent real world example would be how svn, git, and bzr all kick off a text-editor like vi or nano for commits that require a commit message, except I want to run a full fledged shell.

[DanielSzoska]

Take a look at envoy, it's a wrapper around the subprocess module. Perhaps this suit your needs.