executing non-Python conde

Larry Bates lbates at syscononline.com
Fri Mar 11 11:02:34 EST 2005


Earl Eiland wrote:
> I need to repeatedly execute an .exe program, changing the command line
> arguments, and log the output.
> 
> My search of Python documentation and O'Reilly texts hasn't uncovered
> how I do this.  Both exec and execfile seem to only run Python code. 
> Also, neither seem to be able to pass parameters. (Although there is a
> reference to global and local dictionaries that I don't understand.)
> 
> Surely there is a way to do this!
> 
> Earl Eiland
> 
os.system() or win32process.CreateProcess() depending on how much
control you want and/or if it is a Windows GUI .exe.

Larry Bates



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