[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I tried the following and it seemed to work
>
> import os
> os.system('<system command here>')
>
> Any comments....
>
This is an simple way to proceed if you don't need your python script to
know what happens to the launched process ...
When you need to :
* send some input to the command from the python script after it is launched
* get the output of the command in your python script
* get the pid associated to your command
* wait for your command to finish
* pipe some shell commands
* ...
you should use the subprocess module.
Here is a quick example from the Python Reference Library :
http://docs.python.org/lib/node242.html
##Shell Script :
output=`dmesg | grep hda`
##Python Script :
from subprocess import Popen
p1 = Popen(["dmesg"], stdout=PIPE)
p2 = Popen(["grep", "hda"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=PIPE)
output = p2.communicate()[0]
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