Wayne Watson wrote: > If you can execute a C program compiled on a Linux with SWIG, then > that's what I'm looking for. There's really no RH dependency according > to the above posts. If it were compiled on Debian or Ubuntu, it appears > it would not make any difference. That is, one could execute a RH > executable from C on Ubuntu.
Yeah, probably -- if it's a static build, or if the dependencies (required libraries/versions) are installed, assuming the program has dependencies. But, I suppose we may be drifting a bit OT. > > Is there a simple example of this in action from a Python program and > some small C Linux executable program? http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html The subprocess module is commonly recommended for this type of task (as opposed to os.system, etc). In fact, I believe Alan already suggested it in this thread. And speaking of ... Alan's tutorial has several very good examples of using the subprocess module (OS topic under Manipulating Processes). http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutos.htm --- I'll hazard a wild guess that you don't really want SWIG based on your original question, and subsequent comments. IIUC, SWIG is intended to ease the creation of a python wrapper (extension module) for existing C/C++ code. And, I'm not sure you've given enough information about the C program to determine if SWIG would be useful. Regardless, I suggest you get a feel for running an external program using python first. HTH, Marty _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
