[Tutor] Help in geting external program output

[Wael Salloum]

Hello!

 

            So I am just learning python- and I have a program in java
and it writes into a file, and I want it to return the filename to me
(in python.)

 

            So I have a script and I use fileName = os.popen('java
theApplication').read()

 

            However, its always returning blank! 

 

            Now when I do os.popen('dir').read() it works just fine...

 

            So my question is, what does Python deem is the output of a
file, and how can I get my java code to 'output' a filename..

 

            Its obviously not println's (I tried that).. so I am
stumped.. Do you have any ideas?

 

            I just started in python, so I am sorry if this is a stupid
question- I am not subscribed to the list so let me know how it goes.

 

            Thanks... Wael

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