Run an external program from Python?

[Syver Enstad]

"Joakim Hove" <hove at phys.ntnu.no> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I am writing a small python program to automate the compilation of
> another (fortran) program. In this process I need my python program to
> call the "make" program.
>
> In Perl I would do simply:
>
>   system("make PROG=Run");
>
> And the Perl program would wait around till the system call was
> finished.
Yess it is and it's called TADA! system ;-)

So do:
import os
os.system('make PROG=Run')

and the system call blocks too while the other program is running.