Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'syntax': 0.03; 'error:': 0.05; 'linux,': 0.05; 'subject:skip:s 10': 0.05; 'tom': 0.07; 'filename,': 0.09; 'path,': 0.09; 'throw': 0.09; 'windows,': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'extensions': 0.13; 'skip:# 20': 0.13; 'subject:Problem': 0.16; 'subject:windows': 0.16; 'subprocess': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'shell': 0.18; 'windows': 0.19; 'import': 0.21; 'os,': 0.22; 'this:': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:2**1': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'skip:# 10': 0.27; 'label': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.28; 'feature,': 0.29; 'probably': 0.29; "skip:' 10": 0.30; 'usually': 0.30; 'expect': 0.31; 'path': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'skip:g 30': 0.36; 'subject:with': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'why': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'skip:o 20': 0.38; 'shows': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.39; 'skip:" 10': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'different': 0.63; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.68; 'lose': 0.71; 'received:74.208': 0.71; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.72; 'as:': 0.75; 'received:74.208.4.194': 0.84 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:28:24 -0500 From: Dave Angel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121011 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Borkin Subject: Re: Problem with subprocess.call and windows schtasks References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:1l/sVMa1uJP62Kgcnh6Yk419hSWcLLj3ljn7IvvL7g3 fR7sETIFVgFEfKc3QXkAvi+Ck4xu+V7JEPoAfu3WeAp0sFeN+3 oCh7MksC5BSlLP8VWBNdSBV6UU4zSQJDdlKR08vDekDCdA/Ybg GhXecKrkqqCEctI/OPa1/rQim5emxaQDohPlFgLRLcx/HO7glg NLceuBWxIcJYT+nLf16TearuBlZSynaRlTkY+VeZmcymfnCGVa /6IQnDks7N43UbO+4DBPGCRYCfJgK0QOr17OOdEVTbFKuC13z9 hfyk7SNbAFGfOKnKjYSsLDlfookt+U6M9ZhjUPbHnaURUOopg= = Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@davea.name List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1353461335 news.xs4all.nl 6890 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36397 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:33690 On 11/20/2012 06:41 PM, Tom Borkin wrote: (Please don't top-post. Now we lose all the context) > Using shlex, I now have this: > #!\Python27\python > import os, subprocess > path = os.path.join("C:\\", "Program Files", "Apache Group", "Apache2", > "htdocs", "ccc", "run_alert.py") > #subprocess.call(['SchTasks', '/Create', '/SC', 'ONCE', '/TN', '"test"', > '/TR', path, '/ST', '23:50']) > subprocess.call(['SchTasks', '/Create', '/SC', 'ONCE', '/TN', '"test"', > '/TR', 'run_alert.py', '/ST', '23:50']) > Both of the above commands throw the same error: > ERROR: The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect. I don't use Windows, but doesn't a Windows program usually have an .exe extension? So why would you expect it to find SchTasks ? Adding extensions is a shell feature, and you're not using the shell. Also, you should take a look at the value "path". On Linux, it shows up as: C:\\/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/ccc/run_alert.py It'll be different under Windows, but probably still wrong. -- DaveA