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Re: os.popen command working differently on Windows

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On 12/05/2011 15:11, Ayaskanta Swain wrote:
> Please help me in solving the following issue I am facing while
> executing my python script. Basically I am executing the OS specific
> move command to move a file/dir from one location to another.

Why? Why not use os.rename or shutil.move which already do
whatever is needed under the covers for different Operating Systems?

os.popen returns a file-like object from which you can read any
error messages generated. You're not doing that, and os.popen
won't raise an error itself unless you, say, pass it a number
rather than a string.

<code>
import os

output = os.popen ("dir")
print output.read ()

#
# But note:
#
os.popen ("Nonsen*se")

# raises no exception

</code>

TJG

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Re: os.popen command working differently on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-05-12 15:21 +0100
  Re: os.popen command working differently on Windows Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-13 09:48 +0100
  Re: os.popen command working differently on Windows Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-13 19:10 +0200

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