Don Parris wrote: > Thanks! I thought there had to be a way to call the OS' clear screen > command, but was going about it the wrong way. I was trying to use > sys.clear instead of os.system. Would it be difficult to test the OS, > store the result in a variable, and call the comand based on the variable > result? Or would it be simpler to have users edit the script for their OS?
You could try this (from http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/3edf6589c533f78e): import os if os.name == "nt": os.system("cls") # Works in w2k else: os.system("clear") # Works in cygwin's Bash > Mind you, there may be other areas where I need an OS-specific command. I'm > beginning to get an idea of the challenges of portability though. ;) Python actually gets a lot of this right, you may find it's easier than you think to write portable Python. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
