win98 spawnv vs execv

[zzzzz]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:39:25 -0600, "Chris Gonnerman"
<chris.gonnerman at usa.net> wrote:


>BTW when you post to the list about error messages, you probably 
>should post at least the first sentence or two of the actual error message
>*verbatim* as Windows has thousands of messages that don't always
>mean what they say.
>
Thanks Chris, I'll do that in future.

z.


>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "zzzzz" <zzizz_ at notmail.com>
>Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
>To: <python-list at python.org>
>Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 5:50 PM
>Subject: win98 spawnv vs execv
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> I running be-open python 2.0 with pythonwin on win98 and get an
>> windows execption when I launch a program with os.execv causing
>> pythonwin to immediately close... even though the program is
>> succefully launched. However, when I use os.spawnv with a os.P_WAIT
>> option the function works fine.
>> 
>> Is this likely to be:
>> a) a platform limitation,
>> b) something to do with my computer (I run Nortons Anti-Virus 5.0 not
>> 2000 and I don't think I'm launching popen*),
>> c) something else I've haven't thought of, or
>> d) stop making up other options.
>
>

Regards,

zzzzz.
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