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So I have a python script that starts as expected during power-on by following: Startup by systemd

My Pi has a button connect to GPIO which is used to stop the logger and then shut down the Pi like this:

  if DEBUG_FLAG:
     print('Shutting down!!!')
     with open('debug_file', 'w+') as f:
        f.write('Starting shutdown!!\n')
  try:
     subprocess.Popen(['sudo','shutdown','-h','now'])
  except:
     with open ('failed_shutdown', 'w+') as f:
        f.write('Shutdown from script failed\d')

So on a normal power-on and then pressing the button my script writes to the 'debug_file' and it does not write to the 'failed_shutdown' file but the pi is not shutdown since I can still ssh into it.

When starting the script from console and then pressing the button it does the same thing but also shuts down the pi.

How do I debug this? It feels like there is a different context when starting the script as a service from systemd then when starting from console. I have followed the above link exactly except for names and user.

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Now I feel stupid,

The solution was to not use the copied from another link:

subprocess.Popen(['sudo','shutdown','-h','now'])

but insted directly use:

os.system("sudo shutdown -h now")
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    Apr 3, 2020 at 8:48

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