os.popen--which one to use?

[Robert Kern]

Kevin Walzer wrote:
> danmcleran at yahoo.com wrote:
>> Check out subprocess. It's meant to be a replacement for all of the
>> above.
> 
> OK, I've done this. What is the benefit of subprocess?

Code that will work on most platforms and into the Python 3.0, when the popen*
zoo will disappear in favor of subprocess.

-- 
Robert Kern

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 an underlying truth."
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