mwt: >I want to do programmatic terminal commands on unix with python - i.e. >I want my program to issue commands to start and stop scripts, other >programs, etc. I'm sure this must be fairly straightforward, but >haven't been able to find a reference for it. Any help? http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/whatsnew/node8.html -- René Pijlman