Module for generic platform information: platform.py

Wed Oct 27 12:51:13 EDT 1999

I use the following code. Its kludgy and I'm a Python newbie, but so far it
works, so.....
def comCmd(log, comlist) :
 global onNT
 if log == None :
 log.prtError("comCmd(log, comlist) passed incorrect logger")
 sendError( "comCmd(log, comlist) passed incorrect logger")
 sys.exit(1)

 curcom = comlist[0]
 cmdl = ""

 for arg in comlist[1:] :
 cmdl = cmdl + " " + arg

 log.prtl(9, "**** call shell with [%s] " % cmdl)

 resultlines = []

 on98 = 0 # should never run on 98.

 if on98 :
 program = os.popen(cmdl, 'r')
 elif onNT :
 program = os.popen('( ' + cmdl + ' ) 2>&1', 'r')
 else:
 program = os.popen('{ ' + cmdl + '; } 2>&1', 'r')

 log.prtl(1, " result of call...")

 while 1: 
 line = program.readline() 
 if not line: 
 break 
 resultlines.append(line) 
 log.prtl(1, line)
 #end while
 status = program.close() 

 if status: 
 status = status >> 8 
 log.prtWarning('Command exited with abnormal status: %s'% status )

 resultlines[0:] = [] # deletes cells

 log.prtl(3, " !!! %s command completed" % curcom)
#end def comCmd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M.-A. Lemburg [mailto:mal at lemburg.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:34 AM
> To: Thomas Heller
> Cc: python-list
> Subject: Re: Module for generic platform information: platform.py
>>> Thomas Heller wrote:
> > 
> > I searched the MSDN again,
> > it seems that winmsd.exe is included in NT 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
> > and installed by default.
>> Sound even better ;-) (It doesn't seem to exist on Win95, so I'll
> only use it for WinNT.)
>> What command string would I have to pass to os.popen to get the output
> (I only need the first few lines) without any windows popping up ?
>> Thanks,
> -- 
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