python os.system arguments

randomx · 03-03-2005, 03:10 PM

I got the following function defined. Toy example below.

Code:

def movieWatch():
    movie = raw_input('Randomx, What movie do you want to watch? : ')
     os.system ('mplayer ' ,movie)

I get the following error:

os.system ('mplayer ' ,movie)
TypeError: system() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

I also tried...

Code:

os.system ('mplayer movie')

Is there any workaround for that so system takes 2 arguments? Any additional ideas on how to do it?

thanks,
Randomx

linuxzealot · 03-03-2005, 03:21 PM

Im no python programmer, but could you do something similiar to this in python

var = "mplayer" + movie_name
os.system(var)

randomx · 03-03-2005, 03:54 PM

I feel sooo dumb right now....

thanks bro..you are absolutely right. That's the way you do it...

randomx