Randy Kreuziger wrote: >This is probably a newbie question but I need a kick start to get going. > >I need to run a DOS (sdetable) program from within a Python program. I'll use >command line switches so I will not need to interact with the program however >it would be nice if I could capture its exit code. > >Thanks > > >Randy Kreuziger >(360) 902-2495 Voice >(360) 902-2940 Fax >ArcSDE Administrator >Wash Dept of Fish and Wildlife > > > > There has been numerous ways to do this in the past (os.system, os.spawn, os.exec, and various operations in popen2), with os.system being the easiest and perhaps sufficient for your need.
However, if you are running Python 2.4, the I'd suggest the "subprocess" module, and in particular its convenience function "call". Gary Herron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
