hi i wanted to start execute a command and put it in the background. i am using Unix. Usually i start this command using something like this : "/path/somecmd &" with the "&" to put it to background. i looked at the subprocess module docs and came across this statement Replacing os.spawn* ------------------- P_NOWAIT example: pid = os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, "/bin/mycmd", "mycmd", "myarg") ==> pid = Popen(["/bin/mycmd", "myarg"]).pid
Can i ask if P_NOWAIT means the same as "&" ?? so if it is, then this statement pid = os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, "/bin/mycmd", "mycmd", "myarg") will put mycmd into background and return to the caller...? thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
