os.system and wget

[Wojtek Walczak]

Dnia 13 Nov 2002 07:56:48 -0800, zunbeltz napisał(a):
> I've download a web in a python script with
> os.system('wget -q -O foo.txt http://foo.html')
> but later (in same script) i can't open foo.txt
> When the script finished the foo.txt is there, correctly donwloaded.
> What is wrong?

1. Use full/absolute paths:
   os.system('/usr/local/bin/wget -q -O/tmp/foo.txt http://URL')

2. Use exceptions:

import sys, os
try:
   os.system('command')
except:
   print sys.exc_info()[1]
   sys.exit()

HTH.

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