Re: [newbie] problem with if then

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Subject	Re: [newbie] problem with if then
From	Albert Dengg <albert@fsfe.org>
Date	2013-06-09 22:37 +0200
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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Jean Dubois <jeandubois314@gmail.com> wrote:
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>     checkavailablestring='wget -q -O -
>http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/programmas/journaal/EP_'+thisday.strftime("%y%m%d")+'_JO7
>>/dev/null ; echo $?'
The problem schould be the echo:
Since os.system returns the exit code of the shell, when chaining commands with ; it returns the exit status of the last command,in your case the echo.
So,if you really want to go with wget here,
Either drop the echo or chain with &&

Yours
Albert
Hi,
While i agree that calling wget here is not optimal....

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[newbie] problem with if then Jean Dubois <jeandubois314@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 12:44 -0700
  Re: [newbie] problem with if then Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 21:00 +0100
    Re: problem with if then Jean Dubois <jeandubois314@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 13:15 -0700
      Re: problem with if then Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 21:29 +0100
        Re: problem with if then Jean Dubois <jeandubois314@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 13:51 -0700
  Re: [newbie] problem with if then Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-09 16:23 -0400
    Re: problem with if then Jean Dubois <jeandubois314@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 14:00 -0700
      Re: problem with if then Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-09 17:35 -0400
        Re: problem with if then Jean Dubois <jeandubois314@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 00:46 -0700
  Re: [newbie] problem with if then Albert Dengg <albert@fsfe.org> - 2013-06-09 22:37 +0200

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