On Sep 24, 4:37 pm, Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: > Kevin Holleran wrote: > > Hello, > > > I downloaded and installed the pexpect module and wrote a script. All is > > well and good, but the script proved to be pretty useful and now I was asked > > to run it as a scheduled task up on a server to run periodically. I was > > intending on simply packaging it up with Py2Exe and moving it to the server > > that way. > > > However, when I went to test it, I received this error.... > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "script.py", line 17, in <module> > > import pexpect > > File "lib\site-packages\pexpect.py", line 85, in <module> > > support it. Pexpect is intended for UNIX-like operating systems.""") > > ImportError: No module named resource > > > A critical module was not found. Probably this operating system does not > > support it. Pexpect is intended for UNIX-like operating systems. > > > So now I realize that when I was testing on my system, I run cygwin and so > > everything worked fine.... > > > Is there a .dll that I can copy with it or anything so that it works without > > having to install cygwin on the server that will be hosting this scheduled > > task? > > > Thanks for any help. > > > Kevin > > Why not just use the subprocess module? It's built into the Windows > distribution, and doesn't need cygwin. > > DaveA
Can subprocess pass things like passwords to running processes like pexpect can? ~Sean -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
