loial> In unix shell script I can do the following to get the status and
loial> values returned by a unix command
loial> OUTPUT=`some unix command`
loial> STATUS=$?
loial> if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]
loial> then
loial> exit 1
loial> else
loial> set $OUTPUT
loial> VAL1=$1
loial> VAL2=$2
loial> VAL3=$3
loial> fi
loial> How can I achieve the same in python?
I'm not much of a shell programmer, but it looks like you want something
like:
import os
pipe = os.popen("some unix command")
result = pipe.read()
status = pipe.close()
if not status: # but see below...
val1, val2, val3 = result.split()
Read up on the os.popen function to get the details of what's in the status
variable. I think the exit status might be in the upper eight bits, but I
don't remember off the top of my head. That will affect the test.
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