command string good in subprocess.Popen(string) fails in process.Process(string)

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Mon May 16 09:27:24 EDT 2005


Earl Eiland wrote:
> The command string consists of "filename.exe  instruction1 instruction2
> ..."  It works in subprocess, but in process, returns the error "can't
> find the file instruction1".
> 
> How do I pass command line instructions in process.Process?  I tried a
> list ['filename.exe', 'instruction1 instruction2 ...'] with the same
> result.

Where are you getting this "process" module from?  It's not standard:

c:\>python
Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
 >>> import process
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named process


-Peter



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