[issue11003] os.system should be deprecated in favour of subprocess module

Skip Montanaro report at bugs.python.org
Tue Jan 25 19:27:17 CET 2011


Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> added the comment:

I disagree.  Both os.popen and os.system work fine in the proper context
and are easier to use (and remember how to use) than the subprocess
module.  You don't give any examples of breakage, or whether said
breakage is platform-dependent.

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