Here is what I came up with after John and Fredrik's help.
import os
import sys
def Execute(shell_command,logStream = sys.stdout):
print >>logStream, shell_command
child_stdin, child_stdout_and_stderr = os.popen4(shell_command)
commad_output = child_stdout_and_stderr.read()
print >>logStream, commad_output
return_code = child_stdout_and_stderr.close()
return_code = return_code or child_stdin.close()
print >>logStream, "Return Code: " , return_code
Execute ("DIR")
Execute ("MD :")
I tested it and so far it behaves the way that I want.
The tricky part is that when you use popen4, you have to close both returned
streams to be able to get the return code. I wasn't able to find that in the
documentation.
Alan
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