[Tutor] XP & catching execl o/p ?

[Dave S]

On Tuesday 05 December 2006 20:58, Luke Paireepinart wrote:
> Dave S wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Struggling with python & XP again. My app needs to know if a certain
> > program is running on my XP box
> >
> > Ideal world - I can get the output of 'tasklist.exe' into a string.
> >
> > I have tried
> >
> > os.execl('....')
> > It throws the output to the terminal + I need the exact path to the
> > executable (a bit of a trial)
> >
> > and
> > os.startfile('...')
> > it throws the output to a different window, but no exact path needed
> >
> > Any ideas how I can catch the output ?
>
> You could try redirecting sys.stdout to a file-like class instance you
> create.
>

OK ... could you give me a bit more on that ? ... probably me being a bit 
dense :)

Cheers

Dave




> > Cheers
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
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