Re: OS.SYSTEM ERROR !!!

On Sep 30, 1:21 pm, "Blubaugh, David A." <dbluba...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would usually execute this program (with the appropriate arguments) by
going to following directory within MS-DOS (Windows XP):

C:\myprogramfolder\run> Myprogram.exe 1 1 acc 0
[snip]
import os

os.system(r"C:\myprogramfolder\run\Myprogram.exe 1 1 acc 0")
[snip]
ERROR opening inputs/io/control.dat
[snip]

I would add the following line right before your call to os.system:

os.chdir(r'C:\myprogramfolder\run')

If you have to change directories to run it properly in the Windows
shell, then you need to do it in Python, too.

HTH,
Geoff G-T

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