Execute an external application from inside a python script

[Dag Sunde]

This is one way, that works ok in a WIN env.:

  os.system('CMD /C "' + fileToRun + '"')

Dag

"Arild Hansen" <arildh at stud.cs.uit.no> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> How do I execute an (executable) application from inside some python
code,
> and how do I terminate this application? All help greatly appreciated.
>
> A. Hansen
>