reading arguments in python script when passed from URL

[Rhodri James]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:24:24 +0100, phaneendra s <phaneendra21 at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> hi alll..
>
>
> iam invoking a python script from a standalone client which looks lik  
> this
>
>
> String command="ln -s /usr/lib /tmp/lin";   //creating a soft link
>
> URL url = new URL("http://server-name/cgi-bin/finalexec1.py?command=
> "+command);
>
> but iam not able to read this command in the python script
>
> in my script i tried doing
> for arg in sys.argv;
> print arg
>
>
> but the command is not being read......
>
> is  it the right way of reading arguments in python script?

If you fix the indentation, and use a colon instead of a
semi-colon, and import sys first, then yes.  Your "standalone
client" however makes no sense to me at all.  How *exactly*
are you invoking your Python script?

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Rhodri James *-* Wildebeeste Herder to the Masses