"Jim Byrnes" <jf_byr...@comcast.net> wrote
The os.startfile('socket-nongui.py) line was in a gui program that demonstrates how to start and communicate with a non-gui program. It is Windows specific so I looked for but could not find a drop in replacement that works on Linux.
Look at the subprocess module. That is the platform independant way to run external programs and communicate with them. There are lots of examples in the documentation and you can find some basic info in the OS topic of my tutorial (Python v2 only so far for that one) -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
