On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 06:01:48PM -0700, Alan Outhier wrote: > I'm working on a Python script to call "sox" to convert ;ogg files to .mp3s. > > In the following segment...: > > *1 outname=fname+".mp3"2 fname=ReSpace(fname) # substitute " " with > "\ "3 outname=ReSpace(outname)4 cmdline="sox " + fname + " " > +outname5 print cmdline6 rtncode=os.system(cmdline)7 if rtncode <> > 0:8 print "Bad return code (" + str(rtncode) + ") from sox > command"9 sys.exit()*
Your code is a mess. Try sending plain text instead of "rich text". When you send rich text, your mail client will mangle the line breaks and put them where ever it sees fit. Also, there's no need for line numbers. Especially not when there are only nine lines. > ...I DO get the error trap (every time). Line 5 causes the following (for > example) to be printed: > > > *sox Carnegie\ Hall\ Jazz\ Band/Carnegie\ Hall\ Jazz\ Band/Frame\ for\ the\ > Blues Carnegie\ Hall\ Jazz\ Band/Carnegie\ Hall\ Jazz\ Band/Frame\ for\ > the\ Blues.mp3* > *Bad return code (512) from sox command * According to the sox man page, it will only return 0, 1 or 2, not 512: Exit status is 0 for no error, 1 if there is a problem with the command-line parameters, or 2 if an error occurs during file processing. http://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html#DIAGNOSTICS but I think that is a lie, as I can reproduce your error, without even using spaces: py> os.system("sox ab cd") sox: Can't open input file 'ab': No such file or directory 512 I'm surprised that you don't see the error message printed by sox. Are you redirecting stderr to a file or something? If so, please check the file. You are using a relative path starting with "Carnegie\ Hall...". You probably should use an absolute path. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor