On 3/31/07, Eric Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi; > I have a couple bugs to work out in the below script; namely, I don't know > how to capture the result of an os.system command, nor am I convinced that > the call to os.system actually results in the execution of the command. Here > is the script: > > #!/usr/local/bin/python > import re, os > > def freshReboot(): > up = os.system("uptime") > if re.search('day|hour', up): > pass > else: > first = up > tup = re.split('min', up) > first = tup[0] > n = len(first) > char = first[n-3:n-2] > if re.match(' ', char): > > os.system("/usr/local/etc/rc.d/zz_mysql_starter_script.sh") > > > Here are my problems: > > up = os.system("uptime") > How do I assign the output of "uptime" to the variable "up"? > > os.system("/usr/local/etc/rc.d/zz_mysql_starter_script.sh") > When I substitute a test variable for "up", I don't get this script to > actually run. Everything else is tested and works. Why won't this script > run?
os.system doesn't allow you to get the output of the program, use os.popen instead. example: import os up = os.popen('uptime').readlines() Cheers, -- ---- Amit Khemka -- onyomo.com Home Page: www.cse.iitd.ernet.in/~csd00377 Endless the world's turn, endless the sun's Spinning, Endless the quest; I turn again, back to my own beginning, And here, find rest. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list