How do I run an external system command on Windows?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <8q5d2b$la8$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <noahspurrier at my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>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).

os.system()
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