Christian wrote: > Can I write a .py script that calls a .sh script that executes the > export command and then calls another .py script (and how would the > first .py script look)?
No, the shell script that the Python program would invoke would be a different process and so commands executed in it would have no effect on the state of another. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Success and failure are equally disastrous. -- Tennessee Williams -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list