Please always reply to the list, not just me. We are all working on these questions and we all learn from them.
Jason Coggins wrote: > These seem to be ways of getting imput from the user. I do not want > to send a command line to the user (for example, in the form of a > question) and get the users input. > > I want the Python program to open a terminal (if need be) and send a > command to the computer (through the terminal) that the program is > running on. I think what you really want is to have Python run another program. True? (Not that it matters a lot but which OS are you running?) See os.system() and os.popen() > > Sorry if I was not more clear on this earlier, Well it is often hard to be clear, but it sure saves time and energy. -- Bob Gailer 510-978-4454 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor