Script which only runs in Windows

[Darrell Gallion]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <al at servana.com>
To: <python-list at cwi.nl>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: Script which only runs in Windows


> Hello.
> 
> We have an odd problem with Python which we cannot resolve.
> 
> Below, is a script we have been running in Win32 for months.
> 
> We moved our scripts from Win32 to Slackware Linux and IF statements 
> which
> are not in functions or classes will cause errors when you
> try to run the script.
> 
> I have had retyped the script thinking it was the tab/space
> issue, but nothing changes - in Linux we cannot use IF outside
> a function or CLASS for some reason.
> 
> We are posting this here as it seems very serious and we were hoping 
> someone else had seen the problem.
> 
> #
> # here is where we do some work
> #
> try:
>     sResult = os.system('python ftpasget.py -q -g * -d ' + sFileTime 
> + ' -l ' + sSugLogin + ' -p ' + sSugPWord + ' ' + sSugSite + ' ' + 
> sBillDir + ' ' + sOutputDir + sDirTime)
> except:
>     sGetMinutes = 0
> 

I'd say the os.system call is failing.
Try printing it out and testing it manually.
This causes sResult to not exist.

--Darrell