I am using Linux and yes I am wanting the program to run another program. I have tried these before but, if I remember correctly, these methods caused the original program to "freeze" while waiting on the "spawned" program to return a value (usually either true or false). I am planning on having the program start another program and then exit the original program after the second program is started but before the second program ends. I will take another look at these to see if I can work around the "freezing" problem because I have a little more experience then when I tried it the first time.
I used the reply button to send a reply to the first message. I did not realize it would send the reply directly to you instead of the list. I have tried to send this reply to the list. Thanks, Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Gailer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Coggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <tutor@python.org> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Command Line Promps > 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
