In the example listed below, reproduced from the web page you recommended, what does `cp`, `cp` and `/dev/null` do? I am assuming `index.html` is the name of the program that will be launched.
example:---------------------------------------------- os.spawnlp(os.P_WAIT, 'cp', 'cp', 'index.html', '/dev/null') -------------------------------------------------------- Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <tutor@python.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] example of spawn > "Jason Coggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> Would someone please provide me a short, simple >> example of the spawn statement. >> I am having trouble figuring the syntax out. > > There are two examples in the os module documentation. > > http://docs.python.org/lib/os-process.html > > > What part do you not understand? > > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
