[Zope] os.system() - problem when using with lynx browser in linux

Chris Withers chrisw at nipltd.com
Mon Sep 15 09:06:33 EDT 2003


Jim Whitman wrote:
> I've since tried swapping Zope's os.py and os.pyc for my own python 
> installation's os.py etc. but this does not effect any change. So, 
> perhaps it's a Zope configuration thing - is it about security, do you 
> think? I know that there's only a very limited set of options if you 
> create a script within Zope - has it got something to do with this, do 
> you think?

I verymuch doubt it's any of the above...

"something weird" is happening, probably because you're doing something weird ;-)

I wonder if lynx or the shell in which lynx is being run have any limitations on 
returned size?

Chris




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