Fredrik Lundh wrote: > "questions?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I use os.system to call a display program, e.g. > > > > os.system(displayblah blah) to call display. the program starts and > > display things I wanted. When I kill display, somehow the python > > program don't understand I want to move on, keep calling > > os.system(displayblah blah) again and again. > > I have to kill terminal to quit them all. > > > > How can I migrate back to my python program after I kill the display > > program? > > Python doesn't run os.system() over and over again by itself, so > there's probably something wrong with your code. > > how about posting the relevant code, so we don't have to guess ? > > (if you have some time to spare, reading > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > won't hurt either) > > </F>
you are exactly right. I did a while loop and forgot to update the condition. Thanks for the suggestions! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list