>>PS. Redirecting with > from a script whose interpreter was started by >>windows extension association >>doesn't work on some version of windows. To be safe, invoke the >>interpreter explicitly, e.g., >> python myscript.py [whatever args here] > pi3003.txt
>Thanks very much for this. >What kind of args could I use here? Any that your script allows or understands. an example: python c:/Python22/Lib/PySourceColor.py -i- -s -l < c:/MyFile.py > c:/tmp/myfile.html A few things that might help you write a well behaved script: if sys.stdin.isatty(): "direct" else: "redirected" This snippet can determine if you have redirected IO. I just found this and it looks informative. http://www.jpsdomain.org/windows/redirection.html hth, M.E.Farmer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list