Return value from os.system() call

[Wildemar Wildenburger]

Calder Coalson wrote:
> I was searching for ways to get the return value from os.system() calls, 
> when I came across this from 6 years ago.  I tried what was suggested in 
> this thread, but
> output = os.popen("/tmp/other").read()
> returns
> sh: line 1: /tmp/other: Permission denied
> 

I would assume that this is an OS problem more than a python problem. Do 
you have write access to /tmp/other?
I'm fairly sure its a permission thing.

/W