Problem using subprocess.Popen on windows

2007-10-07 Thread jorma kala
Hi, I get an error that I don't understand when using the subprocess module on Windows. I guess I'm missing out something very basic. For instance, to execute and capture the output of the ms-dos dir command, I tried the following: from subprocess import * p1 = Popen([dir], stdout=PIPE)

Re: Problem using subprocess.Popen on windows

2007-10-07 Thread Tim Golden
jorma kala wrote: I get an error that I don't understand when using the subprocess module on Windows. I guess I'm missing out something very basic. For instance, to execute and capture the output of the ms-dos dir command, I tried the following: from subprocess import * p1 =

Re: Problem using subprocess.Popen on windows

2007-10-07 Thread Nicholas Bastin
On 10/7/07, jorma kala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from subprocess import * p1 = Popen([dir], stdout=PIPE) output = p1.communicate()[0] But I get a WindowsError : [Error 2] File Not Found Tim answered your actual question, but why are you doing this in the first place? The Python