Capturing stdout from a console process?

[Dave Brueck]

Hi Sam,

Use the os.popen* functions:

import os
w,r = os.popen4('xcopy c:*.* d: /v')
print r.read() # Prints stdout and stderr results of your command

-Dave

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> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Sam Schulenburg
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> I am using <os.system("xcopy c:*.* d: /v")> within a python program to
> copy files from one directory to another under windows NT. When the
> program executes, a new console window is created with the results of
> the xcopy command being displayed in the console window. Is 
> their a way
> to capture this output by python so I can log error messages?
> 
> Sam Schulenburg
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