Joseph: Check out subprocess. The subprocess module is on python 2.4. Also, use subprocess.call("your command",shell=True)
On Linux/Unix, the process is below import subprocess ret = subprocess.call("dir",shell=True,stdout=open('/dev/null','w'),stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) print ret You should get a return value of 0. Which means that it was successful. I'm still learning this myself, so some of these other guys might have more input. On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:32 AM, A. Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Instead of going to the command line all the time, I want to create a small > customized cmd.exe of my own, how can I get the return value from > os.system() because I was thinking I can do soothing with os.system(), In > case my question is not clear, just like an IDE that plugged in another > .exe application. > > > > Sorry for any mistake in my question. Just help me if you can > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- Ezra Taylor -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list