os.system: string encoding

[Peter Kleiweg]

How do I set the string encoding for os.system to anything other then UTF-8?


(peter) ~ echo $LANG
nl_NL@euro
(peter) ~ python3
Python 3.1.1 (r311:74480, Oct 2 2009, 11:50:52)

 

[Martin v. Loewis]

Am 25.06.2010 17:13, schrieb Peter Kleiweg:

How do I set the string encoding for os.system to anything other then UTF-8?

You shouldn't have to set it, as it should use your locale's encoding.
In 3.1.2, it will.

For the moment, you can encode the string explicitly, and pass a byte
string.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Peter Kleiweg]

Martin v. Loewis schreef op de 27e dag van de zomermaand van het jaar 2010:

Am 25.06.2010 17:13, schrieb Peter Kleiweg:

You shouldn't have to set it, as it should use your locale's encoding.
In 3.1.2, it will.

For the moment, you can encode the string explicitly, and pass a byte
string.

That doesn't work

Python 3.1.1 (r311:74480, Oct 2 2009, 11:50:52) Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: must be string, not bytes

 

[Martin v. Loewis]

For the moment, you can encode the string explicitly, and pass a byte

That doesn't work

I only have 3.1.2 to test at the moment. I suggest trying to use the
subprocess module instead.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

How do I set the string encoding for os.system to anything other then
UTF-8?

Works for me (on Debian Unstable):

ldo@theon:~> echo $LC_ALL
en_NZ.utf8
ldo@theon:~> python3.1
Python 3.1.2 (r312:79147, May 8 2010, 13:27:06)
[GCC 4.4.4] on linux2
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