On 2005-06-10, Mage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>py> file_list = os.popen("ls").read() >> >>Stores the output of ls into file_list. >> > These commands invoke shell indeed.
Under Unix, popen will not invoke a shell if it's passed a sequence rather than a single string. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I was in EXCRUCIATING at PAIN until I started visi.com reading JACK AND JILL Magazine!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list