On 14 Sep, 22:06, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:29:52 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed > the following in comp.lang.python: > > > Can somebody please clarify what the shell=True does, and whether I am > > using it correctly. > > What part of: > > """ > On Unix, with shell=False (default): In this case, the Popen class uses > os.execvp() to execute the child program. args should normally be a > sequence. A string will be treated as a sequence with the string as the > only item (the program to execute). > > On Unix, with shell=True: If args is a string, it specifies the command > string to execute through the shell. If args is a sequence, the first > item specifies the command string, and any additional items will be > treated as additional shell arguments. > """ > > is giving problems?
I assume that this is sarchasm :-) > > For the most part, as I recall, "shell=True" allows you to invoke > commands that are built-in/native to the default shell, or even a shell > script. False requires the specified command to be a stand-alone > executable program. > -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
