[Tutor] Run a few Python commands from a temporary filesystem when the rootfs is halted

[Steven D'Aprano]

Frederick Grose wrote:
> With Bash, when one needs to halt the current root filesystem, to pivot to a
> new filesystem, one can copy some of the command files and their
> dependencies to a temporary file system and execute from that code base.
> 
> Is there a way to accomplish the same within a Python script?

This is way off-topic for a Python tutor list. This is about learning 
the Python programming language, not the intricate corners of (I assume) 
Linux system administration.

I would imagine that it would be very, very difficult in Python, because 
you would need somehow to end the *current* Python process and start up 
a *new* Python process running from executables on the new file system, 
without manual intervention.

I strongly suggest you take this question to the main Python list, 
python at python.org, which is also available as a news group 
comp.lang.python, and show the bash code you are trying to duplicate. 
There's no guarantee you'll get an answer there either, but it's more 
likely than here.

Good luck!


-- 
Steven