Edward Elliott wrote: > Steven Bethard wrote: > >>import subprocess >> >>file1 = open('file1', 'w') >>prog1 = subprocess.Popen(['prog1'], stdout=file1) > > > And if the script runs somewhere that stderr is likely to disappear: > > prog1 = subprocess.Popen(['prog1'], stdout=file1, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) >
Forgot to mention before that the main motivation is to have the same code on bot Linux and M$ platforms. Does subprocess work well on both? Also how to find out that the 'prog1' e.g. has exited and it is done? Thx, A. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list