os.getppid() isn't cross platform. I don't think it works on Windows. I think I'll just create a simple shell script (BAT or Bash) for each platform as needed.
Thanks On Sep 20, 3:17 pm, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/16/07, Stodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to do the following. I have a Python application that is > > run: > > > python app1.py --location=c:\test1 > > > What I want to do is save the location parameter, so I can then do (in > > the same window): > > > python app2.py > > > And have app2.py automatically have access to the value of "location". > > > Now, the difficult part is, that in another window I want to do: > > > python app1.py --location=c:\test2 > > python app2.py > > > And have app2.py automatically get c:\test2 as the location. So the > > two windows (consoles) are isolated from each other. > > > I thought I could use os.environ, but that doesn't save the variable > > for applications that are run afterwards in the same window. > > Use a value based on your current tty. I don't know how to get this > value in Python but you could just shell 'tty' and grab the output. > > Or, to get your parent process's pid, use os.getppid(). > > Then, use a temporary file whose name is based on the above info. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
