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sleepylight
Hi
I'm staring to learn python for some systems administration projects
and so far this looks like a really great alternative to using shell
for everything. The python docs on the web site are really great, but
I could use come clarification on passing arguments using the
os.spawnlp() function.
For example, if I run "xterm -e /opt/itt/ncbr/bin/linux/bar" I get an
xterm executing my nice little test program. However, if I try to run
that same commad in python it doesn't work so well.
usage: /usr/bin/xterm [-/+132] [-C] [-Sccn] [-T string] [-/+ah]
[-/+ai]
[-/+aw] [-b number] [-/+bc] [-bcf milliseconds] [-bcn milliseconds]
[-bd color] [-/+bdc] [-bg color] [-bw number] [-/+cb] [-cc
classrange]
[-/+cjk_width] [-class string] [-/+cm] [-/+cn] [-cr color] [-/+cu]
[-/+dc]
[-display displayname] [-e command args ...] [-fa pattern] [-fb
fontname]
[-/+fbb] [-/+fbx] [-fd pattern] [-fg color] [-fi fontname] [-fn
fontname]
[-fs size] [-fw fontname] [-fwb fontname] [-fx fontname] [%geom]
[#geom]
[-geometry geom] [-hc color] [-help] [-/+hold] [-iconic] [-/+ie]
[-/+im]
[-into windowId] [-/+j] [-/+k8] [-kt keyboardtype] [-/+l] [-/+lc]
[-lcc path] [-leftbar] [-lf filename] [-/+ls] [-/+mb] [-mc
milliseconds]
[-/+mesg] [-/+mk_width] [-ms color] [-n string] [-name string] [-nb
number]
[-/+nul] [-/+pc] [-/+pob] [-rightbar] [-/+rv] [-/+rvc] [-/+rw]
[-/+s]
[-/+samename] [-/+sb] [-/+sf] [-/+si] [-/+sk] [-sl number] [-/+sm]
[-/+sp]
[-/+t] [-ti termid] [-title string] [-tm string] [-tn name] [-/+u8]
[-/+ulc] [-/+ulit] [-/+ut] [-/+vb] [-version] [-/+wc] [-/+wf]
[-xrm resourcestring] [-ziconbeep percent]
Type /usr/bin/xterm -help for a full description.
I thought maybe I needed a space before the '-e' for some reason, but
that didn't really help:
So, I guess that I'm not reading how to set up the arguments to
spawnlp() correctly. Does anyone else have some experience with this?
I'm staring to learn python for some systems administration projects
and so far this looks like a really great alternative to using shell
for everything. The python docs on the web site are really great, but
I could use come clarification on passing arguments using the
os.spawnlp() function.
For example, if I run "xterm -e /opt/itt/ncbr/bin/linux/bar" I get an
xterm executing my nice little test program. However, if I try to run
that same commad in python it doesn't work so well.
usage: /usr/bin/xterm [-/+132] [-C] [-Sccn] [-T string] [-/+ah]
[-/+ai]
[-/+aw] [-b number] [-/+bc] [-bcf milliseconds] [-bcn milliseconds]
[-bd color] [-/+bdc] [-bg color] [-bw number] [-/+cb] [-cc
classrange]
[-/+cjk_width] [-class string] [-/+cm] [-/+cn] [-cr color] [-/+cu]
[-/+dc]
[-display displayname] [-e command args ...] [-fa pattern] [-fb
fontname]
[-/+fbb] [-/+fbx] [-fd pattern] [-fg color] [-fi fontname] [-fn
fontname]
[-fs size] [-fw fontname] [-fwb fontname] [-fx fontname] [%geom]
[#geom]
[-geometry geom] [-hc color] [-help] [-/+hold] [-iconic] [-/+ie]
[-/+im]
[-into windowId] [-/+j] [-/+k8] [-kt keyboardtype] [-/+l] [-/+lc]
[-lcc path] [-leftbar] [-lf filename] [-/+ls] [-/+mb] [-mc
milliseconds]
[-/+mesg] [-/+mk_width] [-ms color] [-n string] [-name string] [-nb
number]
[-/+nul] [-/+pc] [-/+pob] [-rightbar] [-/+rv] [-/+rvc] [-/+rw]
[-/+s]
[-/+samename] [-/+sb] [-/+sf] [-/+si] [-/+sk] [-sl number] [-/+sm]
[-/+sp]
[-/+t] [-ti termid] [-title string] [-tm string] [-tn name] [-/+u8]
[-/+ulc] [-/+ulit] [-/+ut] [-/+vb] [-version] [-/+wc] [-/+wf]
[-xrm resourcestring] [-ziconbeep percent]
Type /usr/bin/xterm -help for a full description.
I thought maybe I needed a space before the '-e' for some reason, but
that didn't really help:
So, I guess that I'm not reading how to set up the arguments to
spawnlp() correctly. Does anyone else have some experience with this?