Hi, there

[Andrew Gould]

Have you tried os.popen instead?  For example:

a = os.popen('ls').readlines()

will execute ls and assign the results to the variable a.

I hope this helps.

Andrew

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> From: 	Rafael Mentz Aquino[SMTP:rafael at zumnet.com.br]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:14 AM
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> Subject: 	Hi, there
> 
> Hi, everybody! I'm new on this list and a begginer with Python,
> with special interests in Tkinter.
> 
> I hope I can help and get help from here ;-)
> 
> Let me start with a little problem...?
> 
> I'm making an experience, but I can't  put the result of an os.system
> to a variable.... just the exit status....
> 
> How can I read the stdout to solve that..?
> 
> Thanks already!!!!
> 
> Rafael Mentz Aquino
> Porto Alegre - Brazil
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