Xah Lee wrote: > does anyone know why the folllowing prints to the screen? > > # python > import os > os.system(r"ls")
os.system() starts a shell and has the shell execute the program as a separate process. If you want to get the output of the given program, then use the subprocess module. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
