Re: popen(1-4) as a seperate process

2006-11-17 Thread Astan Chee
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:53:41 +1100, Astan Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > >> What would be a good method to do this? I've tried your >> os.system("command&") and the spawned process is still the child of the >> current

Re: popen(1-4) as a seperate process

2006-11-16 Thread Astan Chee
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Astan Chee wrote: > > >> Yes, that is true. But everytime I run a os.popen() it executes as a >> child process of the current running one. How do I launch as a seperate >> process? >> > > what's your definition of "separate process", and how is that different > fro

Re: popen(1-4) as a seperate process

2006-11-16 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Astan Chee wrote: > Yes, that is true. But everytime I run a os.popen() it executes as a > child process of the current running one. How do I launch as a seperate > process? what's your definition of "separate process", and how is that different from a child process? (all processes created by

Re: popen(1-4) as a seperate process

2006-11-16 Thread Astan Chee
Fredrik Lundh wrote: Astan Chee wrote: Im trying to popen (or more specifically os.popen4() ) from wxPython. I've read the documentation on popen and it says I can do a popen as a seperate process or popen not as a child process where does it say that? afaik, the whole point of the

Re: popen(1-4) as a seperate process

2006-11-16 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Astan Chee wrote: > Im trying to popen (or more specifically os.popen4() ) from wxPython. > I've read the documentation on popen and it says I can do a popen as a > seperate process or popen not as a child process where does it say that? afaik, the whole point of the popen API is to run an ex

popen(1-4) as a seperate process

2006-11-16 Thread Astan Chee
Hi, Im trying to popen (or more specifically os.popen4() ) from wxPython. I've read the documentation on popen and it says I can do a popen as a seperate process or popen not as a child process but it doesnt say how. Can anyone help? Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list