Portable Process Control (3 of 3)

• os.popen()

  >>> file = os.popen("echo Hello")
  
  >>> file.read()
  'Hello\012'
  • Works fine from Windows NT console programs, but fails miserably from a GUI!
  • win32pipe module in the Win32 extensions provides a working replacement.

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