should these be fixed for python 2.4?

[Steve Holden]

Andrew Dalke wrote:

> Alexander Schmolck wrote:
> 
>>   ``os.run('touch', 'foo')`` [1]
>>
>> vs.
>>
>>   ``os.spawnvp(os.P_WAIT, 'touch', ['touch', 'foo'])``
> 
> 
> I for one would rather use the first.  I know about the
> spawn* functions but ...
> 
>> (Which spawn* is the
>> right one? What does all that funny jargon in the docs mean? What were 
>> the
>> right arguments again? Ooops, I forgot to pass the command I wanted to 
>> run as
>> an argument... Finally -- what are the chances of getting all these 
>> right from
>> memory?)
> 
> 
> Bingo.  I'll add the above to my toolbox.  Even then I'll
> need to figure out which of
> 
> os.spawnl    os.spawnlp   os.spawnv    os.spawnvp
> os.spawnle   os.spawnlpe  os.spawnve   os.spawnvpe
> 
> to use.  Yes I know there's a mnemonic (p = path, e =
> environment, v = something, l = something else) but I
> forget them.
> 
"l" is a list of arguments and "v" is a variable number - which of 
course in C requires a varargs signature.

To support your contention that they aren't easy to use, I had to look 
them up in the docs (which I did to improve my mind (which could use 
some improvement, believe me))

regards
  Steve
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