os.system question

[Robin Thomas]

At 11:36 AM 4/13/01 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>This may sound silly, but I have a question on os.system().
>
>Let's say I have a script while calls some program XXX via
>os.system().  Will python wait for XXX to finish what its
>doing before continuing on with the rest of the script?

Yes.


>In this case I want
>python to wait for XXX to finish, but what if I wanted
>python to just mosey on down while launching a
>subprocess...(ie not wait)  How would this be done?

os.fork(), if on Unix. See

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/os-process.html

for all your process management needs.

The documentation is your friend.


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Robin Thomas
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StarMedia Network, Inc.
robin.thomas at starmedia.net