executing an external app

[Joe Francia]

Joseph Krauze wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a simple question which I cannot solve (relatively new to Python).
> I want to write a script that executes an application on the go.  I looked
> into the exec*e() calls but the problem there is that they do not return.
> I also looked into execfile() but here the PATH is not taken into account
> and I couldn't figure out to pass the file that's executed arguments.
> 
> So, is there a simple way to execute an external app?
> i.e. execvpe('cat', 'myFile') - this will not return
> 
> Thanks,
> Joseph

Look at os.spawn* or os.popen*

-- 
Soraia: http://www.soraia.com