[tomsthumb]

While there are several ways to skin that cat, the suggested way is to use subprocess.Popen .

Also, when using Popen, calling .wait() can cause problems if you are expecting large amounts of info back from stdin or stderr. Using .communicate() is generally better.

[bra-ket]

this. python has too many ways to skin the cat.

[tomsthumb]

hehe, while I do agree in this particular situation, it's rather funny to see that in writing.