List Subscriber @ Neurobs wrote: > Now if I do an os.system instead of an os.spawnl it works, however I > do not want to use it. try using popen instead (or popen2 or popen3 depending on what you want...) > PS: I have played around with the Python ZipFile and zlib module. Didnt > feel comfy Why not? I've made extensive use of ZipFile in the past with lots of success... cheers, Chris