Programming Language for Systems Administrator

[Ville Vainio]

>>>>> "zsolt" == pythonUser 07 <zsolt-googleP6463 at mailblocks.com> writes:

    zsolt> Python is great, but having much "admin" type experience,
    zsolt> I've found python to be less than Ideal when dealing with
    zsolt> system calls and standard Input Ouput.

Have you tried the 'subprocess' module to see whether it solves your
problems, new in 2.4?

That said, I've never had the problems you describe with normal popen*
calls either.

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