On 6/6/07, Martin Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't think of a windows parallel to /dev/null.
"nul".
Try "dir > nul" in a command shell.
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Martin Walsh wrote:
> '/dev/null' is a special file in a *nix environment that discards any
> data written to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/null
> I can't think of a windows parallel to /dev/null.
Merely for completeness, the windows (sort of)
equivalent is the little-known NUL special
fil
Jason Coggins wrote:
> In the example listed below, reproduced from the web page you recommended,
> what does `cp`, `cp` and `/dev/null` do? I am assuming `index.html` is the
> name of the program that will be launched.
>
> example:--
> os.spawnlp(os.
p', 'index.html', '/dev/null')
Jason
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From: "Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] example of spawn
> "Ja
"Jason Coggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Would someone please provide me a short, simple
> example of the spawn statement.
> I am having trouble figuring the syntax out.
There are two examples in the os module documentation.
http://docs.python.org/lib/os-process.html
What part do you not