In bash I do the following: linus:journal tim$ /home/AKMLS/cgi-bin/perl/processJournal-Photo.pl hiccup -bash: /home/AKMLS/cgi-bin/perl/processJournal-Photo.pl: No such file or directory linus:journal tim$ echo $? 127
In python, use os.popen4 I do the following: >>> fin,fout = os.popen4('/home/AKMLS/cgi-bin/perl/processJournal-Photo.pl >>> hiccup;echo $?') >>> results = fout.readlines() >>> results ['/bin/sh: /home/AKMLS/cgi-bin/perl/processJournal-Photo.pl: No such file or directory\n', '127\n'] Well, I got the exit code as the last item in the results, but I'm wondering if there is a better way. From help(os) - I don't find any variables dedicated to holding exit status. Any ideas? thanks -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list