> where I'm not interested in the output, I only want to make sure that the > command was executed OK. How should I invoke this (in a Unix/linux > environment)?
Remember few things about executing program within python 1. Create a subprocess or child process and execute it. 2. You should use "Timeout stratagy" i.e your execution took more than provided time then timeout this process. In linux/unix you may use singnal alarm to implement it. Best! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
