using os.system and ps2pdf

[Mark Hadfield]

----- Original Message -----
From: "iddwb" <iddwb at imap1.asu.edu>

> import os, sys, tempfile
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     psf = tempfile.mktemp("psf")
>     pdf = tempfile.mktemp("pdf")
>     ps = open(psf, "w")
>     ps.write(sys.stdin.read())
>     ps.close
>     print "ps2pdf %s %s" % (psf, pdf)
>     os.system("ps2pdf %s %s" % (psf, pdf))

Replace

    ps.close

with

    ps.close()

ps.close is a function object. If you type ps.close at the interpreter you
get a string representation of the function, something like

    <function close at 0xa02df2c>

If you include it in a .py file it does nothing.

To *invoke* a function, you need the parentheses.

Been there done that.

---
Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield at niwa.cri.nz  http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research




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