os.system questions

[Eric Price]

Great! That seems to work fine:

#!/usr/local/bin/python
import re, os

def freshReboot():
	up = os.popen('uptime').readlines()
	up = up[0]
	if re.search('day|hour', up):
		pass
	else:
		tup = re.split('min', up)
		first = tup[0]
		n = len(first)
		char = first[n-3:n-2]
		if re.match(' ', char):
			os.system("/usr/local/etc/rc.d/zz_mysql_starter_script.sh")

However, I don't see evidence that the os.system call at the end actually 
executes said script. The reason for this screwy script is because MySQL 
doesn't set the proper environment on boot and that screws up my Zope 
instances. So, I'll cron this script to run every 6 mins. If the server has 
been up less than 10 mins, this script will run. So, I rebooted the server 
and ran the script. But it didn't execute the os.system script at the end! 
If I run this from the python prompt instead:

import re, os

def a():
	up = os.popen('uptime').readlines()
	up = up[0]
	up = " 7:25AM  up 2 mins, 1 user, load averages: 2.42, 1.01, 0.41"
	if re.search('day|hour', up):
		pass
	else:
		tup = re.split('min', up)
		first = tup[0]
		n = len(first)
		char = first[n-3:n-2]
		if re.match(' ', char):
			print "gotcha!"

it prints "gocha!" Now, that substitution for the "up" var is what I got as 
output from the "uptime" command at the shell prompt. So, obviously, it 
should be running the script! What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
Eric

_________________________________________________________________
Watch free concerts with Pink, Rod Stewart, Oasis and more. Visit MSN 
Presents today. 
http://music.msn.com/presents?icid=ncmsnpresentstagline&ocid=T002MSN03A07001