spawnv

[Emile van Sebille]

Hi Craig,

This works on WIN95:

os.system(r"start /w c:\windows\notepad.exe")

It leaves a dos window displayed however.  If you change the properties
of the dos window to minimized, the next time through it won't display.
I imagine it's possible to preset this, but I haven't tried.  Does
anyone know how to stop this or get around it?

--

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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Craig Curtis <c.curtis at worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:19990801171952.JFVG5731 at default...
> I am trying to spawn c:\windows\notepad.exe from a Python program.  I
want
> the python script to wait for Notepad to exit.
> How can I do this?
>
> I have tried all combinations I can think of using execv, spawn,
system and
> cannot get it to work.
>
> Could someone please post the exact command sequence to type in.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Craig Curtis
>
>