"python.exe has stopped working" when os.execl() runs on Windows 7

[Dave Angel]

On 04/27/2013 09:05 PM, cormogram at gmail.com wrote:
> Yes, just those two lines cause the error. 'filename.exe' exists and runs ok in the command prompt. Any other executable cause the problem, also '', for example:
>
> os.execl('','')
>
> If doesn't work on Windows it should give an error message, right?
>

I'm not running Windows any more, so it's hard to be conclusive.  When I 
saw the description, I just assumed it'd be problematic under Windows. 
That's why I had never played with it.  By the time I escaped to Linux, 
I was used to subprocess, so I still never played with execl.  But why 
you should get that error on a console program run from the cmd prompt, 
I have no idea.


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DaveA