I am using python 2.4, so I don' t need to insteall that module separately.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks I get this error 'NameError: global name 'call' is not defined" > > I already import 'subprocess'. > > Can you pleaes tell me what am I missing? > > Robert Kern wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I would like to execute a shell command like this in python: > > > cmd = 'ant release -Dbuild=build_proxyonly -Drev=5.1.130f > > > -Dprops=\"-MIDP20_LARGE;PUSH_FEATURE=false;MIDlet-Version=5.0;version=5.0;MIDlet-Icon=midicon15x15.png;-FOUR_WAY_NAV_FEATURE\" > > > -DThree_Branding=true' > > > > > > Which of the execl command described here should I use? > > > http://pydoc.org/1.6/os.html > > > > None. You should use the subprocess module in 2.4 (I really do hope that > > you're > > not using 1.6). > > > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html > > > > It also works in Pythons as old as 2.2, but you'll have to install it > > separately. The website for the separate release is down at the moment, but > > when > > it comes back up: > > > > http://www.lysator.liu.se/~astrand/popen5/ > > > > -- > > Robert Kern > > > > "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma > > that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it > > had > > an underlying truth." > > -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list