Python and Unix Commands

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> "timdoyle05" <timdoyle05 at yahoo.com> (T) wrote:

>T> Hi,
>T>    I have a question relating to how Unix commands can be issued from 
>T> Python programs. Im am currently writing a large test script in python 
>T> and I need this script to call three other separate Python scripts, 
>T> where each one executes in it own thread of control. I would like to 
>T> use a Unix command to get each script to run in its own shell. I have 
>T> tried using the "Commands" module but after I issue the 
>T> first "command", execution blocks until I kill the called script. Is 
>T> there a way around this?? 

Use the subprocess module. If you have an older python, you could use 
os.system(command + "&") or install the subprocess module yourself.
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