> I need to write a script that starts an exe and then continues through > the script. I am able to start the exe file but my script doesn't > continue because the process I start runs in the background of Windows > (as it is supposed to). I have tried using both os.system and os.popen > to get around this but still no luck. It seems as if Python does not > move to the next line of code UNTIL the program spawned completes > (which this one never will as it is supposed to continuously run in > the background). Does anyone know of a way around this so I can spawn > the program and continue through my script?
You might want to try the spawn* family of functions and pass the P_NOWAIT mode parameter. You can read all things spawn* here: http://docs.python.org/lib/os-process.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
