Re: os.system question

On Dec 28, 12:57 pm, stanleyxu <no_re...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To note this problem occurs when debugging script in IDLE editor.
When I double click on my_script.py, all outputs will be printed in one
console.

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Why are you using os.system for these commands in the first place? You
should be using the os and shutil modules instead as they would be
more cross-platform friendly.

Something like this:

# untested
for new_folder, old_folder in folder_array:
os.mkdir(new_folder)
shutil.copytree(old_folder, new_folder)


Adjust the path as needed in the mkdir call.

See shutil's docs for more info:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-shutil.html

And here's some folder manipulation docs:
http://effbot.org/librarybook/os.htm

By the by, the subprocess module is supposed to be used in place of
the os.system and os.popen* calls: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html

Mike
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