[Python-Dev] deprecate commands.getstatus() (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Mar 23 02:29:04 CET 2007

Guido van Rossum wrote:

I wonder if we should even get rid of os.system(); then there should be a subprocess.system() instead.

That sounds okay, since system() isn't actually a system call, despite its name.

And do we even need os.fork(), os.exec*(), os.spawn*()?

Since fork() and exec() are directly wrapping actual system calls, I think they should stay in os. I'm not sure about spawn() -- on Unix it's not a direct system call, but it might be on Windows.

-- Greg

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