On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:10:09 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote: > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:14 AM, PEnergy <prqu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I am trying to write a python script that, when called from the DOS >> prompt, will call another python script and pass it input variables. >> My current code will open the other python script but doesn't seem to >> pass it any values: >> >> import os,sys,subprocess >> subprocess.Popen(['python.exe','C:\NDEX\GRE2\uip\uip_20.py','t3c*']) >> >> Am I missing something or is this type of call not possible through >> DOS? > > 1. Backslash is an escape character in Python strings (e.g. "\n" = > newline). You should therefore double-up on your backslashes. (Your > exact string just so happens to work due to a misfeature regarding how > invalid backslash escapes are handled.) > 2. Glob/wildcard ("*") expansion is done by the shell, but > subprocess.Popen does not use the shell by default (for good reason!). > Use the `glob` library to do the expansion yourself, in Python: > http://docs.python.org/2/library/glob.html > > Cheers, > Chris
why cant you just import the 2nd python program & then call its main function (or any other) with the required parameters? -- You are wise, witty, and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of trash. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list