Issuing commands to the command line in Python

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This is my code. I'm pretty new to this.

from subprocess import call
call(["cd", "/etc/apache2/"])

However, when this function is run, I get

Errno 2: No such file or directory

I am running Django within Apache*. This is my views.py file. Ask for additional code, and you shall receive.

edit - It should be noted that /etc/apache2/ does indeed exist.

I'm trying to issue a command to the command line, namely the cd folderpath command. I'm beginning to suspect that this is not the way! — KSHMR
– KSHMR, Commented Jun 19, 2014 at 13:10

Matt · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-19 12:56:18Z

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If you want to change the working directory of the Python process you can use chdir from the os module:

import os

os.chdir('/etc/apache2')

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 12:56

Matt

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KSHMR Over a year ago

This is better, thank you. However, I need to write this to command line as I'm modifying the htpsswd file in Apache with a new user that is being registered. I will use this in another clause, though, which does not rely on the command line.

Dmitry Mukhin · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-19 12:59:28Z

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First of all, you will not get what you expect if you run this. Try

import os
os.chdir('/etc/apache2')

Second, try /path/to/cd as process may not know cd alias.

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 12:59

Dmitry Mukhin

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KSHMR Over a year ago

Thanks, but I need to issue commands to the command line itself. The working directory of Python is not what I need.

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