On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:07:44 -0000, mrstephengross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi folks. I'm using os.popen() to run a command; according to the
>documentation, the filehandle.close() oepration is suppsoed to return
>the exit code. However, when I execute something like "exit 5",
>close() returns 1280. Here's the code:
>
> pipe = os.popen("exit 5")
> print pipe.close() # prints 1280
>
>Am I doing something wrong? Is there an easier way to get the exit
>code?
>>> import os
>>> os.WEXITSTATUS(1280)
5
>>>
Jean-Paul
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