i highly doubt it.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is os.system() going to be deprecated in future ?.....I read somewhere.
>
> Dennis Benzinger wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > My server.py looks like this
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------CODE----------------------------------
> > > #!/usr/bin/env python
> > > import socket
> > > import sys
> > > import os
> > >
> > > s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
> > > host = ''
> > > port = 2000
> > >
> > > s.bind((host,port))
> > > s.listen(1)
> > > conn, addr = s.accept()
> > > print 'client is at', addr
> > >
> > > while True:
> > > data = conn.recv(1000000)
> > > if (data == 'MaxSim'):
> > > print 'MaxiSim'
> > > os.system('notepad')
> > > elif (data == 'Driving Sim'):
> > > print 'Driving Sim'
> > > os.system('explorer')
> > > elif (data == 'SHUTDOWN'):
> > > print 'Shutting down...'
> > > os.system('shutdown -s')
> > > conn.close()
> > > break
> > > -------------------------------------------CODE
> > > END-------------------------------------
> > >
> > > I am running this above program on a windows machine. My client is a
> > > Linux box. What I want to achieve is that server.py should follows
> > > instructions till I send a 'SHUTDOWN' command upon which it should shut
> > > down.
> > >
> > > When I run this program and suppose send 'MaxSim' to it, it launches
> > > notepad.exe fine, but then after that it doesn't accept subsequent
> > > command. I want is that it should accept subsequent commands like
> > > Driving Sim and launch windows explorer etc untill I send a 'SHUTDOWN'
> > > command.
> > >
> > > Any help on this, it will be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> >
> >
> > os.system() blocks until the called program has finished. Use the
> > subprocess module <http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html>:
> >
> > <untested_code>
> >
> > import subprocess
> >
> > subprocess.Popen("notepad")
> >
> > </untested_code>
> >
> >
> > Dennis
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