execl difficulty

[Gerrit Holl]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> "python newbie" wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me why this would cause "Invalid Number of Parameters" while
> > trying to compile (or interpret or whatever)
> >
> > import os
> > os.execl("C:/WINDOWS/system32/xcopy.exe","E:/MainWeb/dreampics/*.*","E:/Main
> > Web/dp")
> >
> > Here's what the Python reference says:
> >      execl(path,arg0, arg1, ...)

> (are you sure you want os.exec, btw?  os.system or os.spawn* might
> be a better choice...)

Or shutil.copytree?

Gerrit.

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