[GRASS-user] Simulation in grass 6

[Glynn Clements]

Hamish wrote:

> Hamish:
> > > see  http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_and_Python
> Rainer:
> > Looking at the document, I must say it seems to be a usefull approach to 
> > use Python - and it is crossplatform. One thing which I did not see that 
> > quickly is how I can execute grass commands from python - I guess it is 
> > easy, but I didn't find it when I looked at the document.

For information on running external commands from Python, see:

	http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html

Avoid using the older os.* functions. Section 17.1.3 lists equivalents
using the Popen() interface, which is more robust (particularly on
Windows).

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>