os.system question

[POYEN OP Olivier (DCL)]

The return from os.system is the ending code from the process.

Better try os.popen and friends from os module. 

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Ruslan Spivak [mailto:alienoid at is.lg.ua]
> Envoyé : mardi 3 juin 2003 12:18
> À : python-list at python.org
> Objet : os.system question
> 
> 
> Hello, python users!
> 
> 
> I need to get result from 'ping' command(in manpage they are 
> 0, 1, 2), 
> but when i execute the following lines i i get strange results:
> 
> import os
> 
> res = os.system("ping -w 3 192.168.1.1")
> print res
> 
> This gives 256 or another numbers, what am i doing wrong?
> 
> Your help is very, very appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> Ruslan
> 
> 
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