Executing a DOS program from within Python

[Randy Kreuziger]

This is probably a newbie question but I need a kick start to get going.

I need to run a DOS (sdetable) program from within a Python program. I'll use command line switches so I will not need to interact with the program however it would be nice if I could capture its exit code.

Thanks
Randy Kreuziger
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[iapain]

Use os.system and if you wanna get rid of console window use subprocess
as gary said, you could have better options like killing proc if it
hang/stuck using win32api (if you are using windows) else process
timeout.

ret = os.system('sample.exe') # ret will have return code and os.system
execute sample.exe

#using subprocess

import subprocess
process = subprocess.Popen('sample.exe', stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
#you can print error/output using stderr/stdout pipe

Both are easy to implement!
Thanks!!