Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amaur...@gmail.com> added the comment:

The documentation http://docs.python.org/library/commands.html
prominently says "Platforms: Unix".  This module does not work on Windows.
You should really use the subprocess module:
>>> import subprocess
>>> output = subprocess.check_output("dir", shell=True)

----------
nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc
resolution:  -> wont fix
status: open -> closed

_______________________________________
Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue15073>
_______________________________________
_______________________________________________
Python-bugs-list mailing list
Unsubscribe: 
http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com

Reply via email to