running an exe file from a python script

[krampuswillgetyou]

Hello,

I found this website while I was trying to search a solution/ recipe for a problem I am trying to tackle... I am very new to python :(

How can I run an executable file from a python script?

for example:

All the files (python script - filename.py-, executable file -filename.exe-, and the file that needs to be processed by the executable file -filename.txt-) are in the same directory - new_folder-.

What do I need to write or include to my script (filename.py) so that it would start filemane.exe would process filename.txt and produce an output file / results?

any help is greatly appreciated!

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[bvdet]

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[bvdet]

Module os has some useful functions. Here's one of them as an example:

>>> os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, "X:\\Python26\\python", ("python", ''))
 
>>> 

>>> os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, "X:\\Python26\\python", ("python", ''))
0
>>>

Edit: The process returned "0", but it will not display between the code tags.