[Tutor] XP & catching execl o/p ?

[Tim Golden]

| Struggling with python & XP again. My app needs to know if a 
| certain program is running on my XP box

As a complete alternative, consider using WMI:

<code - UNTESTED>
import os, sys
import wmi

c = wmi.WMI ()
for process in c.Win32_Process (Name="excel.exe"):
  print "Excel is running"
  break
else:
  print "Excel is not running"

</code>

(Uses: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html)

TJG

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