> Hi, > > I need to start a program in a new cmd-window. To do this I need to > execute: start [command] > With os.system this is straight-forward. > But I need to do it with spawnl and P_NOWAIT. I.e, asynchronously. > The problem is that I need to know the path where start resides, > which I'm unable to find. > > Does anyone know where this command is located, or an alternative way of > doing what I want? > > regards tores
os.startfile is async. You could also use win32api.ShellExecute directly (os.startfile call this function under the covers) or win32process.CreateProcess if you need more flexibility. Roger _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32