Re: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread Steven Bethard
M.N.A.Smadi wrote: > am getting an error in the script as follows: > > NameError: global name 'os' is not defined > > however i dont get the same error when running from the python CLI. > (and yes i am importing the os module) > Steven Bethard wrote: > Can you give the full exception message (i.e.

RE: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread Batista, Facundo
Title: RE: running programs from within python [James Stroud] #- import os He says he did it: #- > > M.N.A.Smadi wrote: #- > >> (and yes i am importing the os module) But he still didn't paste the code here .    Facundo Bitácora De Vuelo: http://www.ta

Re: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread James Stroud
You should import os On Wednesday 09 March 2005 10:06 am, M.N.A.Smadi wrote: > this is the full error > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./plugin.py", line 60, in ? > main() > File "./plugin.py", line 40, in main > os.system("/root/tmp/bibutils_3.14/isi2xml " + isi_file

Re: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread M.N.A.Smadi
this is the full error Traceback (most recent call last): File "./plugin.py", line 60, in ? main() File "./plugin.py", line 40, in main os.system("/root/tmp/bibutils_3.14/isi2xml " + isi_file + " > tmp_isi_xml.xml") NameError: global name 'os' is not defined smadi Steven Bethard wrote: M.

Re: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread Steven Bethard
M.N.A.Smadi wrote: am getting an error in the script as follows: NameError: global name 'os' is not defined however i dont get the same error when running from the python CLI. (and yes i am importing the os module) Can you give the full exception message (i.e. copy-paste it from the output)? STe

RE: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread Batista, Facundo
Title: RE: running programs from within python [M.N.A.Smadi] #- am getting an error in the script as follows: #- #- NameError: global name 'os' is not defined What script? Please paste it here. If it's more than 20 lines, trim it until you find the smaller script tha

Re: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread M.N.A.Smadi
am getting an error in the script as follows: NameError: global name 'os' is not defined however i dont get the same error when running from the python CLI. (and yes i am importing the os module) is this a bug in python 2.3 (the one am currently using) thanks m.smadi Steven Bethard wrote: M.N.A.S

Re: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread Steven Bethard
M.N.A.Smadi wrote: M.N.A.Smadi wrote: hi; in general: how can i pass a string containing a concatenated sequcne of command line arguments to a unix system CLI? i guess i will answer myself: import os os.system(string) Also worth noting is that if you're using Python 2.4, you might want to look a

RE: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread Batista, Facundo
Title: RE: running programs from within python [M.N.A.Smadi] #- i guess i will answer myself: #- import os #- os.system(string) If you have Py2.4, it's better to use subprocess(). .    Facundo Bitácora De Vuelo: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog PyAr - Python Argentina:

Re: running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread M.N.A.Smadi
M.N.A.Smadi wrote: hi; in general: how can i pass a string containing a concatenated sequcne of command line arguments to a unix system CLI? my specific problem: i have an executable that is called xyz (written in C if that matters) that i cannot modify, which prints it is text output to the scr

running programs from within python

2005-03-09 Thread M.N.A.Smadi
hi; in general: how can i pass a string containing a concatenated sequcne of command line arguments to a unix system CLI? my specific problem: i have an executable that is called xyz (written in C if that matters) that i cannot modify, which prints it is text output to the screen and takes an i