How to access windows cmd messages through Python

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I have this code in Python which runs perfectly well. What it does is it deletes files from a list on a filesheet. Now my question is if the cmd returns file not found could not delete how can I make Python aware of it so that I could put in a log the files I haven't deleted? I thought error handling would help but it wasn't an error in part of Python since I was just invoking the cmd through Python. Any ideas are welcome. :)

Example of how I invoke the cmd:

import os
os.system('CLS()')

How is the Python script invoking it?

icktoofay
– icktoofay

2011-09-06 02:27:54 +00:00
Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 2:27 — icktoofay
– icktoofay, Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 2:27

heltonbiker · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-06 02:28:23Z

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From the docs:

"The subprocess module allows you to spawn new processes, connect to their input/output/error pipes, and obtain their return codes."

http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html

answered Sep 6, 2011 at 2:28

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Mister.Z · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-09 05:18:40Z

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Here are the codes I was used and work well in Windows environment:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(["cmd"])

It's also available to accept more parameters as list in Python And it also could invoke your *.exe app to execute.

answered Jul 9, 2014 at 5:18

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