Re: Invoking Unix commands from a Python app

2005-12-17 Thread Will McDonald
On 16 Dec 2005 08:45:01 -0800, Rob Cowie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent... just the thing I was looking for. Thanks. > > Does anyone know of a unix app that could be used to monitor the > duration of processes etc.? If you have control over starting the program then "time" will probaby suf

Re: Invoking Unix commands from a Python app

2005-12-16 Thread Murtog (sent by Nabble.com)
from another and get the result. more info about the datetime module: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-datetime.html cheers! =] Sent from the Python - python-list forum at Nabble.com: Re: Invoking Unix commands from a Python app -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Invoking Unix commands from a Python app

2005-12-16 Thread Martin Blume
"Rob Cowie" schrieb > Excellent... just the thing I was looking for. Thanks. > > Does anyone know of a unix app that could be used to > monitor the duration of processes etc.? > man -k account showed me (among others): acct (2) - switch process accounting on or off acct (5)

Re: Invoking Unix commands from a Python app

2005-12-16 Thread Rob Cowie
Excellent... just the thing I was looking for. Thanks. Does anyone know of a unix app that could be used to monitor the duration of processes etc.? Would 'top' do the trick? Rob C -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Invoking Unix commands from a Python app

2005-12-16 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Rob Cowie enlightened us with: > Ok, I know see that os.spawnl() will suffice. However, how do I > retrieve the output of the command. Apparently, os.spawnl() didn't suffice. Check out the popen2 module and Popen* classes. Sybren -- The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there shoul

Re: Invoking Unix commands from a Python app

2005-12-16 Thread Rob Cowie
Ok, I know see that os.spawnl() will suffice. However, how do I retrieve the output of the command. For example, import os os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, '/bin/date') Successfully executes the 'date' app, but I am unaware of how to get its output -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-lis