Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
Terry Hancock wrote: > On Thursday 23 June 2005 01:19 am, Paul Watson wrote: > >>"Gregory Piñero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + ' >>"www.blendedtechnologies.com"') >> > You don't have any spaces between the command and the argument, I spent a while trying to prove that to myself as well, but eventually I concluded that the fact that the ' and the " after the plus sign are on separate lines must mean that there was whitespace between them, or the line break would have occurred before the ' ... but it did seem like a good theory while it lasted. ;-) -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
On Thursday 23 June 2005 01:19 am, Paul Watson wrote: > "Gregory Piñero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + ' > "www.blendedtechnologies.com"') > > The goal is to have firefox open to that website. You don't have any spaces between the command and the argument, I would assume they'd be necessary. I also notice you are quoting the quotes here, so I presume you actually need them (maybe this is because you have an embedded space in the filename?). Need I mention that using filenames with spaces is a great evil? ;-) -- Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com ) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.anansispaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
Thanks to everyone for all the help! After careful consideration I
decided to go with os.startfile(url)
It works just great!
Here's my program in case anyone's interested. 5 points if you can
guess what it does ;-)
"""Take a filepath from stdin and translate to the corresponding url and
open up browser and show it."""
import sys
import os
myhtmlroot='C:\\Documents and Settings\\Gregory\\My
Documents\\blendedtechnologies\\trunk'
htmlroot='http://www.blendedtechnologies.com'
filepath=sys.argv[1]
filename=os.path.basename(filepath)
filedir=os.path.dirname(filepath).replace(myhtmlroot,'').replace('\\','/')
url=htmlroot+'/'+filedir+'/'+filename
os.startfile(url)
-Greg
On 23 Jun 2005 10:04:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If firefox is not your default browser,
> os.system(r'"cd c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox & firefox "' +
> '"www.blendertechnologies.com "')
>
> works for me.
>
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Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
If firefox is not your default browser, os.system(r'"cd c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox & firefox "' + '"www.blendertechnologies.com"') works for me. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:02:55 -0400, Gregory Piñero
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>I'm trying to run this statement:
>
>os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + '
>"www.blendedtechnologies.com"')
>
>The goal is to have firefox open to that website.
>
>When I type r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + '
>"www.blendedtechnologies.com"' in the python interpreter I get:
>
>'"C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"
>"www.blendedtechnologies.com"'
>
>And when I copy this into my command prompt (less outermost ' )
>firefox opens up to that page like I would expect. However in python
>nothing happens and I get exit status 1.
>
>I'm using Python 2.3 on Windows XP pro service pack 2.
What is wrong with:
os.startfile("www.blendedtechnologies.com")
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RE: os.system(cmd) isn't working
[Michael P. Soulier]
| On 23/06/05 Tim Golden said:
|
| > This is only half an answer, but I personally find faffing
| > about with the double-quote / double-backslash stuff between
| > Python and Windows a pain in the neck, so where I can I avoid it.
|
| Indeed. I believe this is why Python has os.sep.
|
| Mike
Well, true, but if you were trying to enter a
particular file path as the OP was (c:\program files\ etc.)
would you really want to have "c:" + os.sep + "program files"...
or os.path.join ("c:", "program files"...)? And where do the
double-quotes go etc?
I'm not saying all these things aren't possible; my only
point is that rather than try to remember / work it out,
I generally try to avoid the issue.
TJG
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Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
On 23/06/05 Tim Golden said: > This is only half an answer, but I personally find faffing > about with the double-quote / double-backslash stuff between > Python and Windows a pain in the neck, so where I can I avoid it. Indeed. I believe this is why Python has os.sep. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.digitaltorque.ca http://opag.ca python -c 'import this' Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
Le Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:19:11 -0500, Paul Watson a écrit : > "Gregory Piñero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to run this statement: > > os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + ' > "www.blendedtechnologies.com"') > > The goal is to have firefox open to that website. I suggest to use the subprocess module. You don't have insert " around a path with embedded spaces and you can give the exact executable pathname, set the directory for the child process, etc import os import os.path import subprocess path_exe = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe' assert os.path.exists(path_exe) url = "http://www.blendedtechnologies.com"; child = subprocess.Popen( (path_exe, url), executable = path_exe) rc = child.wait() > I'm using Python 2.3 on Windows XP pro service pack 2. I think that subprocess is a new Python2.4 module, but you should be able to find a 2.3 version (perhaps effbot.org) > > I'd greatly appriciate any help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: os.system(cmd) isn't working
"Gregory Piñero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi guys,
I'm trying to run this statement:
os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + '
"www.blendedtechnologies.com"')
The goal is to have firefox open to that website.
When I type r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + '
"www.blendedtechnologies.com"' in the python interpreter I get:
'"C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"
"www.blendedtechnologies.com"'
And when I copy this into my command prompt (less outermost ' )
firefox opens up to that page like I would expect. However in python
nothing happens and I get exit status 1.
I'm using Python 2.3 on Windows XP pro service pack 2.
I'd greatly appriciate any help.
Thanks,
Greg
===
These seemed to work on one machine for Python 2.1 and 2.4.
>>> os.system('\"C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe\"
>>> http://www.blendedtechnologies.com/')
1
>>> os.system('\"C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe\"
>>> http://www.blendedtechnologies.com/')
1
>>> os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
>>> http://www.blendedtechnologies.com/')
1
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RE: os.system(cmd) isn't working
[Gregory Piñero]
|
| I'm trying to run this statement:
|
| os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + '
| "www.blendedtechnologies.com"')
|
| The goal is to have firefox open to that website.
|
| When I type r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + '
| "www.blendedtechnologies.com"' in the python interpreter I get:
|
| '"C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"
| "www.blendedtechnologies.com"'
|
| And when I copy this into my command prompt (less outermost ' )
| firefox opens up to that page like I would expect. However in python
| nothing happens and I get exit status 1.
This is only half an answer, but I personally find faffing
about with the double-quote / double-backslash stuff between
Python and Windows a pain in the neck, so where I can I avoid it.
In this case, you have a few options:
1) Use the webbrowser module.
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open ("www.blendedtechnologies.com")
2) Use os.startfile (or its beefed-up cousin win32api.ShellExecute):
import os
os.startfile ("http://www.blendedtechnologies.com";)
3) Find out from Windows where the default browser is:
(There are alternative ways of doing this, for
example querying the registry for AppPaths).
import os
import tempfile
import win32api
f = tempfile.TemporaryFile (suffix=".html")
hInstance, exe_filename = win32api.FindExecutable (f.name)
os.system ("%s %s" % (exe_filename, "www.blendedtechnologies.com"))
Hope all that leads you somewhere. Obviously, it doesn't
answer the underlying question about double-slashes and
quotes and so on, but it seems to meet your current need.
TJG
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os.system(cmd) isn't working
Hi guys, I'm trying to run this statement: os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + ' "www.blendedtechnologies.com"') The goal is to have firefox open to that website. When I type r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"' + ' "www.blendedtechnologies.com"' in the python interpreter I get: '"C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "www.blendedtechnologies.com"' And when I copy this into my command prompt (less outermost ' ) firefox opens up to that page like I would expect. However in python nothing happens and I get exit status 1. I'm using Python 2.3 on Windows XP pro service pack 2. I'd greatly appriciate any help. Thanks, Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
