See the os. spawn* functions. For example
os.spawnv(os.P_NOWAIT, /path/to/script, args) /Jean Brouwers In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Erik Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > sorry, my english ist not that got but I'll try. > > I have a running python script (capisuit incoming.py). This script shall > start a linux shell script. If I start this script like os.system(/paht/to > shellscipt.sh) the python scipt waits for the exit of the shell script and > then goes on with the rest of the python script. > > How to start a shell script without waiting for the exit of that shell > script? It shall start the shell script and immediately execute the next > python command. > > Thanks for any hints > > Erik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list