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Call shell script from python script, exit without waiting for shell script to finish

Can someone please help me with this:

I have a python script, that at some point calls a linux bash script (.sh). Starting the shell script is the last thing my python script needs to do, so I would like for the python script to exit once the call has been made, without waiting for the shell script to finish.

My question is:

how do I call a shell script from a python script?

and how do I do that such that control is tranferred to the shell script and the python script does not wait for the shell script to exit, but clean itself up?
Oct 4 '07 #1
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bartonc
6,596 Expert 4TB
Can someone please help me with this:

I have a python script, that at some point calls a linux bash script (.sh). Starting the shell script is the last thing my python script needs to do, so I would like for the python script to exit once the call has been made, without waiting for the shell script to finish.

My question is:

how do I call a shell script from a python script?

and how do I do that such that control is tranferred to the shell script and the python script does not wait for the shell script to exit, but clean itself up?
See spawn* and P_NOWAIT in 14.1.5 Process Management of the 2.5 documentation.
Oct 4 '07 #2
Thanks. That's what I was looking for.
Oct 8 '07 #3
bartonc
6,596 Expert 4TB
Thanks. That's what I was looking for.
You are welcome. I live to hear those words!

Keep posting,
Barton
Oct 8 '07 #4

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