converting from shell script to python

[Francois Pinard]

[Shao Zhang]

> I need to convert a very simple shell script to python in order get it
> run on both windows and unix.

Another possibility is to install a ported `bash' on Windows.  I do not use
Windows often, but the last time I had to, a while ago, `bash' was working
quite well.  I used the one from DJGPP -- Cygwin probably has one too.

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard