How to call another file
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Mon May 20 12:47:03 EDT 2002
Kragen Sitaker wrote:
>
> "Thomas Heller" <theller at python.net> writes:
> > "Kragen Sitaker" <kragen at pobox.com> wrote in message news:83vg9mu0fn.fsf at panacea.canonical.org...
> > > I thought about "start"; unfortunately, it runs stuff in the
> > > background and returns immediately, which is not what the OP wanted.
> > >
> > That's where the /WAIT switch is for, available on win2k at least:
> >
> > os.system("start /WAIT mypage.html")
>
> Thanks for the correction! I'm glad there was a simple answer to the
> question, and that Windows is not as inferior as I thought :)
Oh, it _is_ ... just not in this one particular respect. :)
-Peter
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