How do I run an external system command on Windows?

[noahspurrier at my-deja.com]

Does Python have something similar to Perl's "system" command or the ``
(backtick operator)? This would preferably be something cross-platform.
I need this to work on Windows NT Win2K) and UNIX (OpenBSD).

Both the 'commands' module and 'popen2' module are available only
for UNIX.

What gives? Even Java has a system call (java.lang.Runtime.exec()).
Of course, I'm not advocating Perl's `` backtick operator. Oh no!

Any help is appreciated. Thanks,

Noah


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