os.system stdout redirection...

[mackstann]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 01:01:41AM -0500, Terry Gray wrote:
> Using Python 2.2 in Debian linuxI am trying to change to a different 
> directory, execute a 'make all' command, and redirect the output of the 
> subshell to a PyQt window...  I should be able to execute the 
> os.system('cd newdirectory; make all'), but how do I redirect stdout of 
> the new subshell created by the os.system call?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.

You can use os.popen (popen2 and 3 as well), or the popen2 module's
Popen3 and 4 classes, or commands.getoutput (and there are probably even
more ways :).

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