os.execv

[Nick Coghlan]

Ulrich Petri wrote:
> "Skip Montanaro" <skip at pobox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:mailman.1046828168.14751.python-list at python.org...
> 
>>    >>> import os
>>    >>> os.execv("/usr/bin/find", ("find", "/ -name test"))
>>    find: / -name test: No such file or directory
>>
>>Maybe
>>
>>    os.execv("/usr/bin/find", "find", "/", "-name", "test")
>>

I don't have an interpreter handy, but wouldn't the version below achieve the 
'split literal on whitespace" effect?

 >>> os.execv("/usr/bin/find", *"find / -name test".split())

Regards,
Nick.

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