Hi Jim, On 8 July 2014 21:45, Jim Byrnes <jf_byr...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I would like to automate running virtualenv with a python script by: > > opening gnome-terminal > cd to proper directory > run source /bin/activate > > I found some examples of using os.system() to get gnome-terminal to open > but I can't figure out how then cd to the proper directory in the new > terminal. > > My biggest frustration right now is that I can't find any documentation on > how to use os.system(). Looking at the docs on the Python site I don't see > system() under the os module. Googling hasn't helped. > > Could you explain what you're trying to achieve? Virtualenv is about setting up an OS/Unix shell environment (For Windows there's a Powershell variant of virtualenv...) so that a custom Python installation is used by default instead of the system wide on (including possibly using a custom Python executable.) It therefore seems that trying to automate "activating" a virtualenv with python (which presumably would use the system wide python) is not adding much value? Hence my question: What are you actually trying to achieve? Walter
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