Hi. I'm trying to resolve an issue with strings. The command(inclusive of the back-slashes)
condor_q -l -constraint "ProjectId==\"anoopr_samadams.fnal.gov_161903_30209\"" is the only way the command returns the right result. I'm trying to run this command from inside a python program. The way I can get it work is by: os.system('condor_q -l -constraint "ProjectId==\\\"anoopr_samadams.fnal.gov_161903_30209\\\""') But, I'd rather use the os.exec functions to get the output. But os.execvp("condor_q",["condor_q","-l","-constraint",'"ProjectId==\\\"anoopr_samadams.fnal.gov_161903_30209\\\""']) doesnt work. Its definately a problem with one of the million backslashes and quotes present, but I'm not able to figure it out. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Anoop /// ________________________________________________ The happiest time of a person's life is after his first divorce. -- J.K. Galbraith -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list