Gathering screen output

[Fredrik Lundh]

Greg Lindstrom wrote:

> I'm running Python 2.4 on windows xp "professional" and seem to recall there
> is a way to kick off system command (or any external routine) and then
> collect the screen output back into the calling python routine for
> analysis.  I've look and googled but have come up lacking.  Please tell me
> this is not a flashback to my days coding with another "P" language...

the Python Imaging Library

    http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil

has an ImageGrab module that can do exactly this:

    http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/imagegrab.htm

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