subprocess.Popen: 'OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied' only on Linux
<blockquote>
  <p>Code and logs have changed a lot (due to a major rewrite) since the question was asked.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>When my code (given below) executes on Windows (both my laptop and AppVeyor CI), it does what it's supposed to do. But on Linux (VM on TravisCI), it throws me a permission denied error.</p>

<hr>

<p><strong>Error:</strong></p>

<pre><code>$ sudo python3 test.py
Testing espeak4py
Testing wait4prev
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 10, in &lt;module&gt;
    mySpeaker.say('Hello, World!')
  File "/home/travis/build/sayak-brm/espeak4py/espeak4py/__init__.py", line 35, in say
    self.prevproc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, executable=self.executable, cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 745, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 1361, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
The command "sudo python3 test.py" exited with 1.
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p><strong>Code:</strong></p>

<p>espeak4py/<strong>init</strong>.py:</p>

<pre><code>#! python3
import subprocess
import os
import platform

class Speaker:
    def __init__(self, voice="en", wpm=120, pitch=80):
        self.prevproc = None
        self.voice = voice
        self.wpm = wpm
        self.pitch = pitch
        if platform.system() == 'Windows': self.executable = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/espeak.exe"
        else: self.executable = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/espeak"

    def generateCmd(self, phrase):
        cmd = [
            self.executable,
            "--path=.",
            "-v", self.voice,
            "-p", self.pitch,
            "-s", self.wpm,
            phrase
        ]
        cmd = [str(x) for x in cmd]
        return cmd

    def say(self, phrase, wait4prev=False):
        cmd=self.generateCmd(phrase)
        if wait4prev:
            try: self.prevproc.wait()
            except AttributeError: pass
        else:
            try: self.prevproc.terminate()
            except AttributeError: pass
        self.prevproc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, executable=self.executable, cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
</code></pre>

<p>test.py:</p>

<pre><code>#! python3
import espeak4py
import time

print('Testing espeak4py\n')
print('Testing wait4prev')

mySpeaker = espeak4py.Speaker()

mySpeaker.say('Hello, World!')
time.sleep(1)
mySpeaker.say('Interrupted!')
time.sleep(3)

mySpeaker.say('Hello, World!')
time.sleep(1)
mySpeaker.say('Not Interrupted.', wait4prev=True)
time.sleep(5)

print('Testing pitch')

myHighPitchedSpeaker = espeak4py.Speaker(pitch=120)
myHighPitchedSpeaker.say('I am a demo of the say function')
time.sleep(5)

print('Testing wpm')

myFastSpeaker = espeak4py.Speaker(wpm=140)
myFastSpeaker.say('I am a demo of the say function')
time.sleep(5)

print('Testing voice')

mySpanishSpeaker = espeak4py.Speaker(voice='es')
mySpanishSpeaker.say('Hola. Como estas?')

print('Testing Completed.')
</code></pre>

<hr>

<p>I don't understand why it works only on one platform and not the other.</p>

<p>Travis CI Logs: <a href="https://travis-ci.org/sayak-brm/espeak4py" rel="nofollow">https://travis-ci.org/sayak-brm/espeak4py</a></p>

<p>AppVeyor Logs: <a href="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/sayak-brm/espeak4py" rel="nofollow">https://ci.appveyor.com/project/sayak-brm/espeak4py</a></p>

<p>GitHub: <a href="https://sayak-brm.github.io/espeak4py" rel="nofollow">https://sayak-brm.github.io/espeak4py</a></p>

<hr>

<p>I got the outputs of <code>ls -l</code> as @zvone recommended:</p>

<pre><code>$ ls -l
total 48
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis   500 Sep 29 20:14 appveyor.yml
drwxrwxr-x 3 travis travis  4096 Sep 29 20:14 espeak4py
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis 32400 Sep 29 20:14 LICENSE.md
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis  2298 Sep 29 20:14 README.md
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis     0 Sep 29 20:14 requirements.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis   759 Sep 29 20:14 test.py

$ ls -l espeak4py
total 592
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis 276306 Sep 29 20:14 espeak
drwxrwxr-x 5 travis travis   4096 Sep 29 20:14 espeak-data
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis 319488 Sep 29 20:14 espeak.exe
-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis   1125 Sep 29 20:14 __init__.py
</code></pre>

<p>This is pretty much off topic on SO, but here's your problem...</p>

<p>This is the executable you are trying to run:</p>

<pre><code>-rw-rw-r-- 1 travis travis 276306 Sep 29 20:14 espeak
</code></pre>

<p>Its permissions are <code>rw-</code> read+write for owner (travis), <code>rw-</code> read+write for group (travis), and <code>r--</code> read for others. There is no permission to execute for anyone.</p>

<p>You have to give <code>x</code> (execute) permission to the user under which the script is running. Or give it to everyone:</p>

<pre><code>chmod 775 espeak
</code></pre>

<p>After that, <code>ls- l</code> should say:</p>

<pre><code>-rwxrwxr-x 1 travis travis 276306 Sep 29 20:14 espeak
</code></pre>

python linux python-3.x cross-platform travis-ci