regarding system function

[praba kar]

Dear All,

In Php If I send a command to system function
then It will return 1 on success and 0 on failure. So
based upon that value I can to further work.

But In Python If I send a command to system
function then It will return 0 only for both
conditions(success and failure). So What I need
to do for this. I want the result like php system
function.


regards
Prabahar


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[Mike Meyer]

Dear All,

In Php If I send a command to system function
then It will return 1 on success and 0 on failure. So
based upon that value I can to further work.

But In Python If I send a command to system
function then It will return 0 only for both
conditions(success and failure). So What I need
to do for this. I want the result like php system
function.

You don't say what platform you're on, but from your description of
the problem, it's not Unix:

py> os.system("grep foo /dev/null")
256
py> os.system("grep foo /no_such_file")
grep: /no_such_file: No such file or directory
512

os.system is a simple wrapper around the C system() function. It's
return value is the same as that function. On unix, that's the 1/0 you
want in the upper byte, and status information in the lower byte - so
you divide by 256. I have no idea what Windows does in this case.

I'd recommend using the subprocess routines instead of os.system. They
are much more powerful/flexible than os.system.

<mike