Re: [Tutor] Dudes with os.spawnlp

2005-05-29 Thread Jonas Melian
Kent Johnson wrote: > I don't know the answer to your question, but I wonder what you mean by > 'dudes'. You use that word a > lot and it never makes sense to me; I suspect you mistake its meaning. > > Can you find another word? > Oh sorry, s/dudes/doubts __

Re: [Tutor] Dudes with os.spawnlp

2005-05-29 Thread Kent Johnson
I don't know the answer to your question, but I wonder what you mean by 'dudes'. You use that word a lot and it never makes sense to me; I suspect you mistake its meaning. From dictionary.com: 1. Informal. An Easterner or city person who vacations on a ranch in the West. 2. Informal.

[Tutor] Dudes with os.spawnlp

2005-05-29 Thread Jonas Melian
This code run 'X -configure' using $PATH for looking for its path :: try: #retcode = call("X" + " -configure", shell=True) # 2.4 code_return = os.spawnlp(os.P_WAIT, "X", "X", "-configure") if retcode < 0: print >>sys.stderr, "Child was terminated by signal", -retcode els