Event on executable launch

Hello, Is there a way to make my Python program do something whenever any executable is launched in Linux? Like, for instance, a class that represents the operating system or something? Thanks a bunch. ~~Ted Present -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ~ after script filename?

Oh okay. Thank you all. Now that you mention it, the ~ makes sense; I know M$ Word uses a ~ in the temp files that it autosaves periodically. And I think I've seen it with M$ Notepad too. Thanks again. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ~ after script filename?

Huh, no ~ on other files when I edit them, but at least I don't have to worry about it. Thanks Aldo. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

~ after script filename?

Hello all, I just wrote a really simple script and named it helloworld.py. Inside was only: #!/usr/bin/env print "Hello, world" I used chmod to set the permissions, and ran it to see what happened (I just started learning Python, if you couldn't guess) Then, I typed ls in the directory to see

Re: Python executable

Thanks everyone! I think I'm going to stick with Python; at least I know there are some people here willing to help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python executable

Hello, I'm running Ubuntu Linux 5.04. I just started teaching myself Python today, and have been reading a few things to get started. I came across something in one (namely http://docs.python.org/tut/node4.html#SECTION00422) that confused me a little. It says: On