On Wednesday 06 December 2006 11:43, Dave S wrote: > On Tuesday 05 December 2006 23:32, Alan Gauld wrote: > > "Dave S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > > > Struggling with python & XP again. My app needs to know if a certain > > > program > > > is running on my XP box > > > > > > os.execl('....') > > > It throws the output to the terminal + I need the exact path to the > > > executable > > > (a bit of a trial) > > > > > > Any ideas how I can catch the output ? > > > > Look at the popen family of functions in the os module, and then > > look at the subporocess module which supercedees them > > (but the docs are expressed in tems of the oold functions!) > > > > Use subprocess because the older popen functions don't always > > work reliably on Windows - there is a separate popen as part of > > the winall package, but I think subprocess.Popen works Ok. > > > > There is more on this, including a simple example using subprocess, > > in my OS topic in my tutorial. > > > > HTH, > > OK playing around I knocked up some test code ... > > #!/usr/bin/env python > # -*- coding: iso8859_1 -*- > import subprocess > > a = subprocess.Popen('tasklist.exe', bufsize=0, shell=False, > stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=None, stdin=None, universal_newlines=True) > op = a.stdout.readlines() > for i in op: > #print i > #print > pass > > #raw_input() > > This gives me what I need except when it runs windows flashes up a large > black terminal window for a split second (yuk) > > This test would be performed while my app is running so thats not so good > :) > > Any ideas on how to stop it displaying ? > > Dave
10 carrot idiot here :) change from test.py to test.pyw :) dave > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor