Shell used by os.system

[Jacek Generowicz]

Is there a way of specifying the shell in which os.system commands are
executed[1]? Is there a way of specifying what startup scripts should
be read?


[1] On systems where this makes sense, of course.

 

[Brian Gough]

Is there a way of specifying the shell in which os.system commands are
executed[1]? Is there a way of specifying what startup scripts should
be read?

It uses the underlying system() function, and that calls /bin/sh -c ...
on Unix systems.