On Apr 3, 11:09 am, mcanjo <mca...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an executable (I don't have access to the source code) that > processes some data. I double click on the icon and a Command prompt > window pops up. The program asks me for the input file, I hit enter, > and then it asks me for and output filename, I hit enter a second time > and it goes off and does its thing and when it is finished running the > Command Prompt goes away and I have my new output file in the same > directory as my executable and input file. I would like to be able to > batch process a group of files. I thought about using "os.spawnv()" in > a loop and at each iteration of the loop passing in the file in and > out names but that didn't work. Does anyone have any ideas?
You need to look at the subprocess module, and use pipes. Regards, Pat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list