# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2005-04-22 08:35:33 +0100:
>
> --- Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > praba kar wrote:
> > > In Php If I send a command to system function
> > > then It will return 1 on success and 0 on failure.
> > > So based upon that value I can to further work.
> > >
> > > But In Python If I send a command to system
> > > function then It will return 0 only for both
> > > conditions(success and failure).
> >
> > Are you sure about that?
> >
> > In [3]:os.system('cat foo')
> > cat: foo: No such file or directory
> > Out[3]:256
> >
>
> I agree above statement but When I delete a directory
> os.system('rm -rf test')
> 0
> if directory is not present then I again try to
> delete
> os.system('rm -rf test')
> now this time also It will print
> 0
that's the standard behavior of the -f switch
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