problem with os.system command length

[jon c]

I am using python 2.3
windows 2000

I try and run a very long command using os.system(cmd)

but it is too long to be run, I get the following error

the following character string is too long:

although this is not directly a python problem, I was wondering if anyone
knew a quick way of solving it?

cheers, Jon

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[Thomas Heller]

"jon c" <jo**********@hotmail.com> writes:

I am using python 2.3
windows 2000

I try and run a very long command using os.system(cmd)

but it is too long to be run, I get the following error

the following character string is too long:

although this is not directly a python problem, I was wondering if
anyone knew a quick way of solving it?

The general solution is to write the command line arguments into a file,
and pass the filename to the program you want to call. Not all programs
support this, though.

Thomas