>> cmd = '%s -y %s -l %s' % (conf.twistd, conf.tztac, conf.twistdlog) >> status, output = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
> The commands module is Unix only. See its documentation : > http://docs.python.org/library/commands.html Ah. Doh! I was going back and forth between all of the different ways to do this (os.system, os.spawn*, commands.*, subprocess.*) and lost track of the no windows for commands thing. Too bad it can't raise a more meaningful error message... Anyhow, I've replaced it with this: from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT p = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, close_fds=True) output, unused = p.communicate() status = p.returncode Does that look more windows-friendly? _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list