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RE: os.system needs a string in quotes - Skaperen - Oct-06-2016
(Oct-06-2016, 03:10 AM)snippsat Wrote: You shall call it without [] when argument are in a list.
subprocess.call(cmd)
sorry about not checking that he was making a list in the call. my habit is to make lists and do as you say and not have [] in the call. i ended up jumping to conclude that he did, my bad.
RE: os.system needs a string in quotes - Fred Barclay - Oct-06-2016
This works perfectly!
cmd = [ "srm", "-rv", path ] subprocess.call(cmd)I can even delete folders and files with really weird names like
Quote:/home/fred/Git/this "is" a test of (srm)or
Quote:/home/fred/Git/who (am) "I" 'going' to be?
Yahoo!
Thanks guys! :dance:
RE: <SOLVED>os.system needs a string in quotes - Ofnuts - Oct-06-2016
(Oct-06-2016, 05:03 PM)Fred Barclay Wrote: I can even delete folders and files with really weird namesExpected since they are passed directly to the command without being tinkered with by a shell.