Redirect os.system output

[Adriaan Renting]

Maybe Pexpect can help you, I think it does what you want, I'm just not sure it works on windows, as I think it uses pty's.

Please read it's FAQ about stdio buffer behaviour, I think it's also valid on Windows. pexpect.sourceforge.net

Adriaan Renting.
 
 
>>>"jas" <codecraig at gmail.com> 10/24/05 2:33 pm >>> 
#I see that, although I don't totall grasp the code.  However, I am 
#looking to basically emulate a command prompt.  i.e. everything u see 
#in the windows command prompt should be displayed back in python. 
# 
#How can I do it without files? 
# 
#Kent Johnson wrote: 
#>jas wrote: 
#>>Any other ideas? or examples of using subprocess to do what I was 
#>>asking? 
#> 
#>Actually I thought I was giving an example of what you were asking: 
#>- on windows 
#>- send a series of commands to a command process 
#>- capture the result to a variable 
#> 
#>The example I referenced sends a series of HELP commands to cmd.exe, captures the output of the commands and saves it to a #file. 
#> 
#>What did I miss? 
#> 
#>Kent 
#> 
#>> 
#>> 
#>>Kent Johnson wrote: 
#>> 
#>>>jas wrote: 
#>>> 
#>>>>I would like to redirect the output from os.system to a variable, but 
3>>>>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& 
3>>> 
#>>>Kent 
#>>> 
#>>>