Re: os.system questions

Great! That seems to work fine:

#!/usr/local/bin/python
import re, os

def freshReboot():
up = os.popen('uptime').readlines()
up = up[0]
if re.search('day|hour', up):
pass
else:
tup = re.split('min', up)
first = tup[0]
n = len(first)
char = first[n-3:n-2]
if re.match(' ', char):
os.system("/usr/local/etc/rc.d/zz_mysql_starter_script.sh")

However, I don't see evidence that the os.system call at the end actually executes said script. The reason for this screwy script is because MySQL doesn't set the proper environment on boot and that screws up my Zope instances. So, I'll cron this script to run every 6 mins. If the server has been up less than 10 mins, this script will run. So, I rebooted the server and ran the script. But it didn't execute the os.system script at the end! If I run this from the python prompt instead:

import re, os

def a():
up = os.popen('uptime').readlines()
up = up[0]
up = " 7:25AM up 2 mins, 1 user, load averages: 2.42, 1.01, 0.41"
if re.search('day|hour', up):
pass
else:
tup = re.split('min', up)
first = tup[0]
n = len(first)
char = first[n-3:n-2]
if re.match(' ', char):
print "gotcha!"

it prints "gocha!" Now, that substitution for the "up" var is what I got as output from the "uptime" command at the shell prompt. So, obviously, it should be running the script! What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
Eric

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