[Tutor] Executing a command from a specific directory

[Alan Gauld]

"Ansuman Dash" <ansuman.dash at gmail.com> wrote

> In Python scripting, how can I execute a command (which can be run from
> spcific directory) and then retrieve the result (after executing the 
> command
> it give the command is executed successfull or not), so that I can 
> validate
> it.

There are sweveral ways to do this but the preferred route is using the
subprocess module.

You can see examples of several of the options in the Using the OS
topic in my tutorial, under the heading "Manipulating Processes".

HTH,


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