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Hi
I have a python routine which calls an executable file created by
someone else (I dont have the source code. All I have is an exe file).
I do

# My Python Code
output = os.system('other_executable.exe')
# Rest of my program.

I need to give this routine to others to use it. I have a exe made
with py2exe for my Python routine. The issue I am running into is
this. All the exes (mycode.exe and other_executable.exe) are placed in
a Network drive(Say I so that people can access it.

When the user calls this from a Local Drice(Say C The output is like this
C:> I:\mycode.exe input_file
other_executable_file.exe is not found.....

Is there any way where I can circumvent this. Thanks

Shankarjee

On 2007-09-19, Shankarjee Krishnamoorthi <> wrote:

> I have a exe made with py2exe for my Python routine. The issue
> I am running into is this. All the exes (mycode.exe and
> other_executable.exe) are placed in a Network drive(Say I so
> that people can access it.
>
> When the user calls this from a Local Drice(Say C The output is like this
> C:> I:\mycode.exe input_file other_executable_file.exe is not found.....

The problem is that 'other_executable.exe' isn't in a directory
that's on the current PATH.

> Is there any way where I can circumvent this. Thanks

Either set the PATH environment variable to include the
directory where other_executable.exe is located or specify the
complete path to other_executable.exe in your os.system() call.

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I missed the obvious fact there. Thanks. I added it to the PATH and
that fixed everything.

Shankarjee

On 9/19/07, Grant Edwards <> wrote:
> On 2007-09-19, Shankarjee Krishnamoorthi <> wrote:
>
> > I have a exe made with py2exe for my Python routine. The issue
> > I am running into is this. All the exes (mycode.exe and
> > other_executable.exe) are placed in a Network drive(Say I so
> > that people can access it.
> >
> > When the user calls this from a Local Drice(Say C The output is like this
> > C:> I:\mycode.exe input_file other_executable_file.exe is not found.....
>
> The problem is that 'other_executable.exe' isn't in a directory
> that's on the current PATH.
>
> > Is there any way where I can circumvent this. Thanks
>
> Either set the PATH environment variable to include the
> directory where other_executable.exe is located or specify the
> complete path to other_executable.exe in your os.system() call.
>
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> at ``Eurythmics'' practice
> visi.com birth control ...
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