Calling Exe from Python

[M Abbas]

Hello Folks,

This is what i am required to do.
Call an executable from my python script, and when the executable is
fininshed running, i should continue with my python script.

I have tried "os.exec()" but it calls the executable and never returns
to the calling python script.
I tried "os.fork" it will start an independent process,
since logic of my program depends on the results of executable.

I am unable to figure, how to do it.
Hope you folks would help me.

~JinBaba

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

Re: Calling Exe from Python

In <1178102899.910 368.114140@n76g 2000hsh.googleg roups.com>, M Abbas wrote:

This is what i am required to do.
Call an executable from my python script, and when the executable is
fininshed running, i should continue with my python script.
>
I have tried "os.exec()" but it calls the executable and never returns
to the calling python script.
I tried "os.fork" it will start an independent process,
since logic of my program depends on the results of executable.

Take a look at `os.system()` or the `subprocess` module.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[kaens]

Re: Calling Exe from Python

I've been using subprocess.call (['name','arg1',' arg2']) Works fine.

On 2 May 2007 03:48:19 -0700, M Abbas <abbas4u@gmail. comwrote:

Hello Folks,
>
This is what i am required to do.
Call an executable from my python script, and when the executable is
fininshed running, i should continue with my python script.
>
I have tried "os.exec()" but it calls the executable and never returns
to the calling python script.
I tried "os.fork" it will start an independent process,
since logic of my program depends on the results of executable.
>
I am unable to figure, how to do it.
Hope you folks would help me.
>
~JinBaba
>
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