Jeff McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Nov 13, 6:15 am, "devi thapa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I am running one service in the python script eg like >> > "service httpd status". >> > If I execute this command in normal shell kernel, the return code is >> > 3. But in the python script its return code is different, ie not 3, I >> > mean to say that return codes are differing. > [ ... ] are you executing "service httpd status" from within a Python >script and not getting the exit code you're expecting from the command >you've spawned? If this is the case, ensure the command is actually >executing.
Or possibly whatever they're using to get the exit code is using the os.wait()-style value, such as sts = os.system("service httpd status") in which case the required value is sts >> 8 . See http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.system . -- \S -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chaos.org.uk/~sion/ "Frankly I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other" -- Arthur C. Clarke her nu becomeþ se bera eadward ofdun hlæddre heafdes bæce bump bump bump
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