Hi, I am a novice in python. I was trying to write a simple script on Linux (python 3.0) that does the following
#cd directory #ls -l I use the following code, but it doesn't work: import os directory = '/etc' pr = os.popen('cd %s' % directory,'w') pr.close() pr = os.popen('ls -l','w') # prints the content of present folder and not '/etc' pr.close() Can anyone suggest me how to fix this simple script? Also what is the use of read(), readlines() and write() functions? Now, I also read in the online python documentation that os.popen is deprecated and no longer recommended in pyhton 3.0. Instead they ask to use subprocess.popen. I am not able to figure out how to accomplish my task with subprocess.poepn also. Can anyone suggest please? Regards Varun -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list