Re: popen function of os and subprocess modules

2009-10-28 Thread Sean DiZazzo
On Oct 28, 7:15 am, banu wrote: > On Oct 28, 3:02 pm, Jon Clements wrote: > > > > > On 28 Oct, 13:39, banu wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > I am a novice in python. I was trying to write a simple script on > > > Linux (python 3.0) that does the following > > > > #cd directory > > > #ls -l > > > > I use

Re: popen function of os and subprocess modules

2009-10-28 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 07:15 -0700, banu wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Jon > Basically I need to move into a folder and then need to execute some > shell commands(make etc.) in that folder. I just gave 'ls' for the > sake of an example. The real problem I am facing is, how to stay in > the folder

Re: popen function of os and subprocess modules

2009-10-28 Thread banu
On Oct 28, 3:18 pm, Benjamin Kaplan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM, banu wrote: > > Hi, > > I am a novice in python. I was trying to write a simple script on > > Linux (python 3.0) that does the following > > > #cd directory > > #ls -l > > > I use the following code, but it doesn't work

Re: popen function of os and subprocess modules

2009-10-28 Thread banu
On Oct 28, 3:02 pm, Jon Clements wrote: > On 28 Oct, 13:39, banu wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I am a novice in python. I was trying to write a simple script on > > Linux (python 3.0) that does the following > > > #cd directory > > #ls -l > > > I use the following code, but it doesn't work: > > > impo

Re: popen function of os and subprocess modules

2009-10-28 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM, banu wrote: > Hi, > I am a novice in python. I was trying to write a simple script on > Linux (python 3.0) that does the following > > #cd directory > #ls -l > > I use the following code, but it doesn't work: > > import os > directory = '/etc' > pr = os.popen('cd %

Re: popen function of os and subprocess modules

2009-10-28 Thread Jon Clements
On 28 Oct, 13:39, banu wrote: > Hi, > I am a novice in python. I was trying to write a simple script on > Linux (python 3.0) that does the following > > #cd directory > #ls -l > > I use the following code, but it doesn't work: > > import os > directory = '/etc' > pr = os.popen('cd %s' % directory,

popen function of os and subprocess modules

2009-10-28 Thread banu
Hi, I am a novice in python. I was trying to write a simple script on Linux (python 3.0) that does the following #cd directory #ls -l I use the following code, but it doesn't work: import os directory = '/etc' pr = os.popen('cd %s' % directory,'w') pr.close() pr = os.popen('ls -l','w')