<SOLVED>os.system needs a string in quotes

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<SOLVED>os.system needs a string in quotes

Fred Barclay
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Oct-06-2016, 05:03 PM

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)

Quote:/home/fred/Git/who (am) "I" 'going' to be?

Yahoo!
Thanks guys! :dance:

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RE: os.system needs a string in quotes - by Fred Barclay - Oct-06-2016, 05:03 PM

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