On Aug 8, 2:35 pm, Arnau Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > > > That's just the exit status or run status, if I recall correctly. I > > think 0 (i.e. False) means it didn't run properly and anything else is > > True, or ok. Something like that. > > The other way: 0 means "ok" while everything else means error (at least in > UNIX). The reason is clear: there is usually only one way to do things well, > but > many to fail :-) > > > Technically speaking, you should > > probably switch to using the subprocess module as it is replacing that > > os module's > > functionality:http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/lib/module-subprocess.html > > Correct, subprocess replaces low-level os.system, os.popen*, os.spawn*, popen* > functions.
Figures...I couldn't find the docs on it though...and I do know that some Windows programs return goofy numbers in the 1000s that mean it worked fine. So, in other words, the return value isn't very helpful. Mike
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