I am having problems with using the Winzip command line tools and Python. Here is an example of the several dozen different ways I have tried to execute the Wzzip.exe utility with arguments using popen2 -
This works (just runs the utility with not arguments ): cmd = "\"d:/program files/winzip/wzzip.exe\"" results = popen2.popen4( cmd ) However this fails miserably: testpath = "D:/Program Files/WebTrends/SmartSource Data Collector/weblog/*.log" cmd = "\"d:/program files/winzip/wzzip.exe\" -ma test.zip \"" + testpath + "\"" results = popen2.popen4( cmd ) If I set the script to print out the value stored in the variable "cmd" it says this: "d:/program files/winzip/wzzip.exe\" -ma test.zip "D:/Program Files/WebTrends/SmartSource Data Collector/weblog/*.log" Which if I paste it onto the command line, does exactly what I intend it to do. But for some reason, popen2.popen4(cmd) gives this as output ( from stderr ): 'd:/program' is not a file or command My only guess is that popen2.popen4 is parsing the string differently than the "print" command does, because print recognizes that the backslash is escaping the double quotes ( e.g. "\"" ) in the string, and popen does not. On the other hand, it appears to be recognizing it in my first example, so that is what is really confusing me. It isn't consistent at all. Any ideas? John A. Gooch "May the Python-force be with you...always." Systems Administrator EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. Desk: 720-514-5708 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Yoo Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:21 PM To: Pujo Aji Cc: Tutor Subject: Re: [Tutor] can't see emacs timer in action On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Pujo Aji wrote: > I tried this code in emacs. > for i in range(3): > time.sleep(1) > print i > > It shows the result but total result not second per second. Hi Pujo, In Emacs, you may want to first start up a Python subprocess by using the keystroke: C-c ! and then run Python buffers with: C-c C-c Best of wishes! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor