Redirect os.system output

[Kent Johnson]

jas wrote:
> Ok, I tried this...
> 
> C:\>python
> Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
> on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> 
>>>>import subprocess as sp
>>>>p = sp.Popen("cmd", stdout=sp.PIPE)
>>>>
>>>>result = p.communicate("ipconfig")
> 
> 'result' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> 
> 
> basically I was opening to send the "ipconfig" command to cmd.exe and
> store the result in the "result" variable.  But you can see there was
> an error with result.

This works for me:
import subprocess as sp
p = sp.Popen("ipconfig", stdout=sp.PIPE)
result = p.communicate()[0]
print result

Kent