Hi, (Python 2.5, OS X 10.4.10) I have a program called pdb2pqr on my system. It is installed so that "pdb2pqr" is in my path and looks like:
#\!/bin/zsh -f /sw/share/pdb2pqr/pdb2pqr.py "$@" When I call it via this script: #!/usr/bin/env python import subprocess import tempfile args = ('/sw/bin/pdb2pqr','--help') output_file = tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode="w+") print "Running",args retcode = subprocess.call(args,stdout=output_file.fileno(),stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) output_file.close() I get this error: localhost~/tmp$ ./x.py Running ('/sw/bin/pdb2pqr', '--help') Traceback (most recent call last): File "./x.py", line 9, in <module> retcode = subprocess.call(args,stdout=output_file.fileno(),stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) File "/sw/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 443, in call return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait() File "/sw/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 593, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/sw/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 1051, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error But when I change it to directly call the script that the zsh script calls like this: args = ('/sw/share/pdb2pqr/pdb2pqr.py','--help') everything works: localhost~/tmp$ ./x.py Running ('/sw/share/pdb2pqr/pdb2pqr.py', '--help') This is with 2.5 on OS X 10.4.10. I'm happy to provide whatever additional information might be useful. Thanks, -michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list