Can this be done in py?

[Mathieu Prevot]

2008/11/7 Robert Singer <rsinger at ____.com>:
> Now, don't get me wrong if this is a trivial question, or even an
> apsurd one. I'm new to python, so my mileage may vary.
>
> I have several exe files, console applications that pretty much run on
> the principle:
> <starting> first.exe
> Enter file name: start.dat
> <outputs filename.dat> <end of first.exe>
>
> <starting> second.exe
> Enter file name: filename.dat
> <output result.dat> <end of second.exe>
>
> ... you get the point.
>
> These are old exe programs, not mine (I can't recompile them or modify
> them in any way), but which work fine and I still regularly use them.
> However, I would like to automate this process (since they are not
> just two, and since this process of entering always the same data is
> tiresome.
>
> Is there a way this could be done with a python script ?
> A script which starts the .exe file, enters some predefined data,
> waits for an exe to finish, then again, starts the second .exe file,
> ... ?

Of course. See the subprocess module for this.

Mathieu