Request More Help With XBM Image
Wildman
best_lay at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 1 19:09:56 EST 2016
On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:56:03 -0600, Wildman wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:26:55 +0100, Peter Otten wrote:
>
>> An exception is raised because you pass the command as a single argument
>
> <snip good stuff>
>
> I did not realize that how the command was passed would
> make such a difference. I guess I am stuck in my old
> VB habits for creating variables. You don't have to
> say it, this ain't VB! :-)
>
> After making the changes to "command = ", it works fine
> without the shell. At the risk of sounding redundant,
> thank you.
Ok, after some thought I think I understand what happened.
Since I had the command as a single element, bash was
required to parse the command therefore my code would
not run without shell=true. That makes sense.
I may not be the fastest oar in the water but I will
eventually reach the shore. <g>
Thanks again for all your help.
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The cow died so I don't need your bull!
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