How do I execute a command from within python and wait on thatcommand?

[black_13]

how do i exec a command (such as xcopy) from with win32 python and
wait on that command
to come to completion? and also cleanly terminate the command shell?
thanks
black_13

 

[Rafael Sachetto]

os.system(command)

or

proc = popen2.Popen3(command)
proc.wait()

 

[Matt Nordhoff]

os.system(command)

or

proc = popen2.Popen3(command)
proc.wait()

I don't know about "cleanly terminat[ing] the command shell", but you
should use the subprocess module now, not any of the other functions
scattered around.
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