execute a shell script from a python script

[Simon Forman]

spec wrote:
> Thanks, actually there are no args, is there something even simpler?
>
> Thanks
> Frank

you could try os.system()

>From the docs:

system(command)
    Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented
by calling the Standard C function system(), and has the same
limitations. Changes to posix.environ, sys.stdin, etc. are not
reflected in the environment of the executed command.

    On Unix, the return value is the exit status of the process encoded
in the format specified for wait(). Note that POSIX does not specify
the meaning of the return value of the C system() function, so the
return value of the Python function is system-dependent.

    On Windows, the return value is that returned by the system shell
after running command, given by the Windows environment variable
COMSPEC: on command.com systems (Windows 95, 98 and ME) this is always
0; on cmd.exe systems (Windows NT, 2000 and XP) this is the exit status
of the command run; on systems using a non-native shell, consult your
shell documentation.

    Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.