Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-01-16, Lutz Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:29:08 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> said: >>> var = "/home/anonymous" >>> os.system("echo $var) >> >> os.system("echo %s" % var) > > Though one wonders why one would do that instead of simply doing > > print var
Only reason I can think of is to learn how to use os.system before doing something larger. But the OP should be using subprocess or popen in most cases anyway ... Tim Delaney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list