Run program from within Python
Greetings all... Newbie to Python... need help with opening a file from within Python... see the following code. import popen2 stdout, stdin = popen2.popen2('c:\test\OpenProgram.exe 1 1') keygen = stdout.read() print The keygen value is: %s % keygen from the command line if I execute OpenProgram.exe 1 1 a number is returned. (1 1 are required to return the value needed.) Ultimately I want to take that number and apply it to another script, but the program is not running. Suggestions? NEWBIE to Python.. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Run program from within Python
On Aug 6, 2:42 pm, frankrentef [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all... Newbie to Python... need help with opening a file from within Python... see the following code. import popen2 stdout, stdin = popen2.popen2('c:\test\OpenProgram.exe 1 1') keygen = stdout.read() print The keygen value is: %s % keygen from the command line if I execute OpenProgram.exe 1 1 a number is returned. (1 1 are required to return the value needed.) Ultimately I want to take that number and apply it to another script, but the program is not running. Suggestions? NEWBIE to Python.. If you're using Python 2.4+, popen2 is deprecated. I recommend reading up on the subprocess module instead. Here's a couple links: http://blog.doughellmann.com/2007/07/pymotw-subprocess.html http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html The first one also explains how to communicate with a process you opened. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Run program from within Python
On Aug 6, 3:42 pm, frankrentef [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: stdout, stdin = popen2.popen2('c:\test\OpenProgram.exe 1 1') What Mike said about subprocess. Also, in regular Python strings, \t means a tab character. You need to replace \ with \\ in the programme path ('c:\\test\\OpenProgram.exe 1 1') or use a raw string (r'c:\test\OpenProgram.exe 1 1'). (The r informs the Python parser that backslashes are to be used veratim, not as special code. If you're using Windows, raw strings make for fewer headaches when dealing with file paths.) Geoff G-T -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Run program from within Python
THNX for the links... lotta reading for the newbie! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list