Many thanks for the sanity check. Just wanted to check with the gurus before heading down another path.
-A On 12/18/05, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:53:11 -0800, "Andy B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > I've got a python utility that I want to change my shell's current > > directory based on criteria it finds. I've scoured google and the > > python cookbook and can't seem to figure out if this is even possible. > > So far, all my attempts have changed the current python session only. > > Am I going to have to wrap this in a shell script? > > That's about all you will be able to achieve... the inheritance goes > downwards: shell -> program(python, etc.) -> spawned processes > (os.system, etc.)... Changes at one level are only picked up by things > started after that change, and started from that level. > -- > > ============================================================== < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Bestiaria Support Staff < > > ============================================================== < > > Home Page: <http://www.dm.net/~wulfraed/> < > > Overflow Page: <http://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/> < > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
