Redirect os.system output

[jas]

Any other ideas? or examples of using subprocess to do what I was
asking?


Kent Johnson wrote:
> jas wrote:
> > I would like to redirect the output from os.system to a variable, but
> > am having trouble.  I tried using os.popen(..).read() ...but that
> > doesn't give me exactly what i want.
>
> Here is an example using subprocess:
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/9fa3a3c287e8e2a3?hl=en&
>
> Kent
>
> >
> > ..this is windows by the way.
> >
> > For example:
> > tmp = os.popen("hostname").read()
> >
> > ...works as expected.
> >
> > however,
> >
> > tmp = os.popen("cmd").read()
> > ...i would like to have access to the cmd process...i.e. enter commands
> > like a normal command line. os.system() allows this, but i dont want
> > output to the screen..i wanna store it to a variable.  then send
> > content of variable elsewhere,  receive more input and submit it.
> > almost emulate the windows command prompt.
> > 
> > any ideas?
> >