I'm trying to run an os.system() call from my Python class to source a file I have stored in the file. I am connecting to a server from an Android application and running a method in Django to run a system call. The server is running Apache with mod_wsgi to deploy Django. This is the Django method:
def post_try(request):
os.chdir("/usr/local/src")
response = os.system("source sourceme")
return HttpResponse(response)
The code works fine as far as syntax goes, all necessary imports are done, however I keep getting a 256 error code back instead of the expected 0. I check the error in the Apache log and this is what I get:
[Sun Aug 18 19:43:23 2013] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sun Aug 18 19:43:24 2013] [warn] mod_wsgi: Compiled for Python/2.7.2+.
[Sun Aug 18 19:43:24 2013] [warn] mod_wsgi: Runtime using Python/2.7.3.
[Sun Aug 18 19:43:24 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/3.3 Python/2.7.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Aug 18 19:46:04 2013] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sun Aug 18 19:46:05 2013] [warn] mod_wsgi: Compiled for Python/2.7.2+.
[Sun Aug 18 19:46:05 2013] [warn] mod_wsgi: Runtime using Python/2.7.3.
[Sun Aug 18 19:46:05 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/3.3 Python/2.7.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
sh: line 0: source: sourceme: file not found
I cannot figure out what is going on. I have the sourceme file clearly in the /usr/locals/src/ folder, which I have verified many times using ls. I do not know what is happening. I used os.getcwd() to check that the directory is being changed correctly, but the file still cannot be found. Please let me know if there is anything that I am missing, as I am very frustrated at this problem that I can just not realize.
Thank you
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