Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:53:41 +1100, Astan Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > >> What would be a good method to do this? I've tried your >> os.system("command&") and the spawned process is still the child of the >> current running process (which is not what I want to happen). >> Thanks again and sorry for the confusion. >> > > The & trailer is UNIX/LINUX specific for detaching a process. There > may be other commands needed for Windows. Especially as, I think, the & > syntax can create processes that remain running even if the user logs > off... Something Windows doesn't really support. > > Windows os.startfile(...) MIGHT do what you want > Yes I know & works in unix/linux; I thought it worked in windows also. But thanks, os.startfile() worked perfectly. Cheers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list