cool, thanks again sk
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > "vince spicer" <vinces1...@gmail.com> wrote >> >> import commands >> output = commands.getout("ls -lah") > > There are many ways to do this in Python including os.popen, commands and > subprocess. > > But subprocess is the "officially correct" version, the others are > deprecated and could theoretically disappear in a future version of Python. > (But not soon I suspect because of the amount of legacy code that uses it!) > > But its definitely worth weaning oneself onto subprocess even though it is > initially harder work. In the end the superior flexibility and consistency > of approach pay back. > > Alan G. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor