On Jan 12, 10:23 am, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Zabin <zabin.faris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey everyone! > > > I am a new python programmer. I am trying to get the general file > > functionality with options of save and save as working. These save > > functions save a folder with multiple files. Upon using the os.system > > copy function- if my destination directory has files with similar > > names- i am asked whether i want to replace the files on the command > > prompt. > > > Is there some way of getting this question into a dialog box? > > > Also is there someway of avoiding or programmatically setting the > > response to the command prompt? > > You can probably avoid using os.system() entirely (always a good > thing) by instead using the functions in the `shutil` > library:http://docs.python.org/library/shutil.html > > And for future reference, the `subprocess` module is the preferred way > to invoke external programs, rather than > os.system():http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html > > Cheers, > Chris > --http://blog.rebertia.com
Thanks for the pointers....i had a look around and found the site: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true to disable the prompt- i needed to include /y as below: os.system ('xcopy /s %s %s /y ' % (dirExe, dirname_new)) and just wondering- whats the drawback of using os.system() command Appreciate the prompt suggestions! Cheers Zabin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
