Batch commands on Windows

[Dave Brueck]

Harry wrote:
> "Dave Brueck" <dave at pythonapocrypha.com> writes:
>
> > Moosebumps wrote:
> > > So, after reading some messages about os.system, and looking at the popen
> > > stuff and trying it a bit, I still have not found a way to keep a command
> > > window open for several commands (on Windows 2000/XP), while seeing the
> > > normal output in a command window.  All I want to do is do what a batch
file
> > > does, but I want to actually have functions and associative arrays and
all
> > > the other niceties of python.
> >
> > Can you give an example of what you mean, in Perl as well as what you hoped
> > would work in Python? I couldn't quite understand what it is that you're
trying
> > to do.
> >
> > > What's the deal with that?  I thought Python started out as a scripting
> > > language.  And that seems like the most basic thing that a scripting
> > > language should do.
> >
> > Dunno, although MS-DOS shell scripting is certainly a small subset of
scripting
> > in general. Maybe with a concrete example somebody will be able to give you
a
> > hand.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> >
>
> I wonder if this is miscommunication over "script" vs "shell window".
> This confused me when trying python scripts in MS Windows after using
> then in *NIX.

Yeah, I wondered that too, although I thought the OP said this problem didn't
occur with Perl. Maybe I misunderstood the message though.

-Dave