[Python-checkins] r43586 - python/trunk/Modules/posixmodule.c

Thomas Heller theller at python.net
Tue Apr 4 10:16:36 CEST 2006


Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Neal Norwitz wrote:
>> On 4/3/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>> The problem is that it always starts an external application, depending
>>> on the extension. It is difficult to make that application go away.
>>> Plus, we would need an extension that is known to work on all Windows
>>> systems.
>> Ah, I understand.  Then the only option I can think of which might be
>> reasonable is to pass a .py file.  Would that be possible?
> 
> The expected outcome might still vary: for the file association to work,
> Python must be *installed*. E.g. when running the 2.5 tests, it might
> actually invoke Python 2.4 (if that is installed), or it might give
> some error (if Python is not installed).
> 
> To just test the parameter passing, providing a non-existing file could
> also work; this should trigger an exception. This is a different code
> path, of course.

Since we have a .vbs script somewhere in the buildbot scripts, it should be possible
do something like 'os.startfile("sample.vbs", "open")'.

Thomas



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