Ed Leafe wrote: > I'm working on a wxPython app (well, a Dabo app, but it's basically > the same thing) that presents the user with a selection of several > wxPython apps that exist on their system. They choose one, and I want to > then "launch" that app, as if they had typed "python myapp.py" from a > terminal window. The initial app can either terminate or continue; > that's not terribly important. The important thing is to get the > selected app to run in a separate process. > > I've tried all the variants of os.spawn* and os.exec*, without > success. Either nothing happens, or a Python interpreter is opened in > the Terminal window I used to run the launcher. I want to do something > like: > > cd (appdir) > pth = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "main.py") > > followed by one of: > > os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, "main.py") > os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, pth) > os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, "python", pth) > os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, "python", "main.py") > os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, "/usr/bin/python", pth) > os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, "/usr/bin/python", "main.py") > > The only result I've gotten is a Python interpreter is started, but > the GUI app that should be launched by 'main.py' is never run. > > So what am I missing? How do I launch a python app in a separate > process from another Python app? > Ed! Good to see you on c.l.py!
a) Try using the subprocess module b) Use *.pyw programs to ensure no console window is created. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
