Shell used by os.system

[Brian Gough]

Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> writes:

> Is there a way of specifying the shell in which os.system commands are
> executed[1]? Is there a way of specifying what startup scripts should
> be read?

It uses the underlying system() function, and that calls /bin/sh -c ... 
on Unix systems.

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Brian Gough

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