Calling an exe from Python?
Jorgen Grahn
jgrahn-nntq at algonet.se
Mon Oct 17 07:46:10 EDT 2005
On 16 Oct 2005 15:23:08 -0700, SPE - Stani's Python Editor <spe.stani.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> Slightly offtopic, but you can translate any double clicking (*.exe,
> *.pdf, *.html, ...) in the Windows Explorer into:
>
> import os
> os.startfile(fileName)
That would be Windows-specific, though.
But yes, it's that one, or os.system, or one of the os.popen*, or one of the
os.spawn*, or module subprocess mentioned elsewhere in the thread.
-- Depending on exactly what you want to do.
/Jorgen
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