python popen command.....wait until the command is finished

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Published on 2010-05-14T20:00:29Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 20:04 UTC
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Hi, I have a script where I launch with popen a shell command. The problem is that the script don't wait that popen command is finished and go forward.

om_points = os.popen(command, "w") .....

How can I tell to my python script to wait until the shell command has finished?

Thanks.

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