os.system question

[Larry Wang]

os.system() simply executes the command in a subshell, and returns the 
command's exit status which in your case is '0'. If you need to capture the 
stdout, stderr, etc. stuff, subprocess module is preferred which offers more 
powerful functionalities over os.system().

Nessus

"Kevin Walzer" <kw at codebykevin.com> wrote in message 
news:1c5bf$489a4add$4275d90a$15022 at FUSE.NET...
> >>> import os
> >>> foo = os.system('whoami')
> kevin
> >>> print foo
> 0
> >>>
>
> The standard output of the system command 'whoami' is my login name. Yet 
> the value of the 'foo' object is '0,' not 'kevin.' How can I get the value 
> of 'kevin' associated with foo?
>
> -- 
> Kevin Walzer
> Code by Kevin
> http://www.codebykevin.com