[Tutor] os.spawnv OSError errno 2 No such file or directory

[Richard Chamberlain]

Hi Marcel,

The first parameter of your argument list needs to be the file path/name.

So as an example:

os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT,'c:\\autoexec.bat',('c:\\autoexec.bat',))

Read MSDN for details.

Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marcel Preda <pm@dis.ro>
To: <Tutor@python.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:41 AM
Subject: R: [Tutor] os.spawnv OSError errno 2 No such file or directory


> 
> 
> > On win98, with python 1.5.2 for win32, I'm trying to run os.spawnv
> > (and/or os.spawnve), and I get an
> > 
> > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> > 
> > I assume it's referring to the command file I'm trying to run, or
> > possibly the command processor (command.com), but I can't get it
> > past this error!  Even if I just try to run command.com and give it an
> > absolute path name.
> > 
> > Incidentally, os.system( ) works ok, but I need a longer, more flexible
> > command line, so I thought spawn would be the solution.
> > 
> > Here's one example of what i've tried.
> > 
> > t = ['c:\\', "/w", "/p"]
> > mycmd = 'ls.bat'
> > import os
> > os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, mycmd, t)
> > 
> > Traceback (innermost last):
> >   File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, in ?
> >     os.spawnv(0, mycmd, t)
> > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> 
> 
> Maybe is better to put the complet path to the  batch file
> mycmd='c:\\path_to\\ls.bat'
> this must be the reason
> 
> PM
> 
> 
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