open and shut case

[Elaine Jackson]

My need couldn't be less urgent. My cat just died and I can't even begin to get
interested in fiddling with the computer right now.

Peace


"Cameron Laird" <claird at lairds.us> wrote in message
news:180m22-p11.ln1 at lairds.us...
| In article <mailman.3963.1096295292.5135.python-list at python.org>,
| Erik Heneryd  <erik at heneryd.com> wrote:
| >Erik Heneryd wrote:
| >> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
| >>
| >>> On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:55:48 GMT, "Elaine Jackson"
| >>> <elainejackson7355 at home.com> declaimed the following in
| >>> comp.lang.python:
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>> "Cameron Laird" <claird at lairds.us> wrote in message
| >>>> news:nf1i22-7hd.ln1 at lairds.us...
| >>>> | Did this [some snipped code] meet your needs, Ms. Jackson?
| >>>>
| >>>> Here's what it does:
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>>>> import os, win32api
| >>>>>>> pid = os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, "iexplore.exe",
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>> "iexplore.exe",r"c:\blabla\hej.html")
| >>>>
| >>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
| >>>>  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in -toplevel-
| >>>>    pid = os.spawnlp(os.P_NOWAIT, "iexplore.exe",
| >>>> "iexplore.exe",r"c:\blabla\hej.html")
| >>>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'spawnlp'
| >>>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>     It seems the spawn family doesn't have the "search in PATH"
| >>> option... os.execlp does exist, but likely doesn't do what you want
| >>> either...
| >>>
| >>
| >> It does, see http://docs.python.org/lib/os-process.html.
| >> exec* replaces the current process, so you can't use that if you expect
| >> it to return.  I can't see why my code shouldn't work (though I'm not on
| >> a Windows box so I can't test it).
| >
| >Forget about it.  I just actually read the spawn* docs:
| >
| >Availability: Unix, Windows. spawnlp(), spawnlpe(), spawnvp() and
| >spawnvpe() are not available on Windows. New in version 1.6.
| .
| .
| .
| This is silly.  Ms. Jackson has asked for an *extremely* basic
| technique.  I don't have a Win* keyboard within reach, and am
| reluctant to speculate, at this point.  I'm certain, though,
| that her question has multiple simple answers.  Ms. Jackson,
| how urgent is your need?  Does someone else want to chip in
| with conclusive information?