First look if your .exe will accept to work that way ! try in a DOS prompt > echo yourfilename | nec2d.exe
or if the program expect more input, write them all in a file ( myinputs.txt ) and try : > nec2d.exe < myinputs.txt If it works looks for module subprocess and more precisely object subprocess.popen and method comunicate On 1 fév, 23:57, "Kiran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > I am making python run an executable using the os module. Here is > my question. The executable, once it is running, asks the user to > input a filename that it will process. Now, my question is how do i > automate this. let me make this clear, it is not an argument you pass > in when you type in the exe. An example below illustrates: > > THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU DO: > nec2d.exe couple1.nec # couple1.nec is the > file you want to prcess > > rather, what you do is in windows cmd: > > nec2d.exe > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF***** > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF***** > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF***** > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF***** > Please enter input file: <--------- THIS IS WHERE THE USER IS ASKED > TO TYPE IN THE FILENAME > > everybody thanks for your help > -- Kiran -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
