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')

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 > &

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 > >