On 2005-09-11, Yevgeniy (Eugene) Medynskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is probably a very newbie question, but after searching > google and docs @ python.org I can't find an answer, so maybe > someone would be able to help? > > I'd like to call command-line functions from my python script > (like you would in perl using backticks)... Is there a way of > doing this? And if so, how does the environment get treated (I > have some variables in my env that the programs I'd be calling > need to see). Take a look at os.popen, os.spawn, or the popen2, and subprocess modules. That last one seems to be gaining popularity. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! PEGGY FLEMING is at stealing BASKET BALLS to visi.com feed the babies in VERMONT. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list