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> From: <Lowell_Dennis AT dell DOT com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:10:44 -0500
> 
> I understand that MS-DOS is not a multi-threaded OS.  However, in C, for example, I can use the system() call to run another program from within my C program.

'system' does work on MS-DOS.  It suspends the calling program until
the called program finishes.  os.fork is different: it lets both
programs run simultaneously.

> This is what I am trying to do with PythonD.  I want to be able to execute another command and capture its output (stdout and stderr).  Is there someway to do that with PythonD?

A bit of googling finds this:

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3197509/redirecting-stdio-from-a-command-in-os-system-in-python