Index: src/bug_2664.py
IDEA additional info:
Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
<+>UTF-8
===================================================================
--- src/bug_2664.py	(revision 30d5620656aaa40b828945ea4a944c0a3fdc9fe6)
+++ src/bug_2664.py	(date 1523116619000)
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 from time import gmtime, strftime
 
 # argv = "tnsping alias.fixer"
-# argv = "/home/patrick/devjy /home/patrick/pycode/script2.py"
-argv = "ping 192.168.0.9"
+# Pinging Google 10 times
+argv = ['ping', '8.8.8.8', '-c 10']
 
 
 def system_call(argv, params=None, inshell=False, communicatestr='\n' * 10):
 
     cmds = argv
     try:
-        p = subprocess.Popen(args=cmds, executable='ping', bufsize=4096,
+        p = subprocess.Popen(args=cmds[:], executable=cmds[0], bufsize=4096,
                              stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=False)
-        stdoutdata, stderrdata = p.communicate()
+        stdoutdata, stderrdata = p.communicate(communicatestr)
         if stderrdata:
             print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime()) + ' - ' + stderrdata
         else:
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
         print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime()) + ' - ' + e.output
         pass
 
-
-while 1 == 1:
-    system_call(argv)
\ No newline at end of file
+# The while causes it to loop indefinitely
+# while 1 == 1:
+system_call(argv)
\ No newline at end of file