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Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64 (files lost)

From Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64 (files lost)
Date 2011-06-23 10:08 +0200
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* Tim Golden (Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:31:26 +0100)
> 
> Certain commands, including "dir" and "copy" are not executables
> in their own right, but merely subcommands of cmd.exe.

Right, "internal commands".

> You've got two options in Python:
> 
>    os.system (r"cmd /c dir c:\windows")

os.system automatically runs a shell (cmd) - see the documentation.
 
Thorsten

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Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64  (files lost) "Michel Claveau - MVP"<enleverLesX_XXmcX@XmclavXeauX.com.invalid> - 2011-06-23 08:33 +0200
  Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64  (files lost) Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> - 2011-06-23 09:31 +0200
    Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64  (files lost) "Michel Claveau - MVP"<enleverLesX_XXmcX@XmclavXeauX.com.invalid> - 2011-06-23 11:10 +0200
      Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64  (files lost) "Martin v. Loewis" <martin@v.loewis.de> - 2011-06-24 09:34 +0200
  Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64  (files lost) Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-06-23 08:31 +0100
    Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64  (files lost) Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> - 2011-06-23 10:08 +0200
      Re: Python 2.7 and cmd on Windows 7 64  (files lost) Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-06-23 09:14 +0100

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