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  Re: An unusual question... <wisecracker@tesco.net> - 2011-04-17 16:27 +0100

#3404 — Re: An unusual question...

Hi Miki...

>> os.system("/full//path/to/Jump <address_of_binary_in_ascii>")

> This is calling a different *program* outside of the current Python process. I don't think
> it'll do what you want (different memory segments). 

That is what I assumed, that an os.system() call would run in a subshell. 

> I'd start with either using ctypes/libffi or writing my own C extension wrapper around your good.

Hmm, I was hoping to stay inside a standard Python install.

Thanks a lot...



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