thank you very much Chris :) On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:05 PM, M Kumar <tomanis...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Is there any python module for windows which is equivalent to commands > >> > module in linux? > >> > >> `subprocess` should work: > http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html > >> > >> The `commands` docs even say: > >> "The subprocess module provides more powerful facilities for spawning > >> new processes and retrieving their results. > >> Using the subprocess module is preferable to using the commands module." > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:34 PM, M Kumar <tomanis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > can I use this module to store output to a python variable? > > I am looking for something similar to > > commands.getoutput("<cmd>") > > Yes, of course it can. If it's more powerful, then it can do > everything the other module can. > It'd be silly for the `commands` docs to point people to `subprocess` > if this wasn't the case. > It will take more than a single line of code though. Read the module's > docs. > > Regards, > Chris > -- > http://blog.rebertia.com > -- thanks & regards, Maneesh KB Sent from Delhi, DL, India
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