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using os.system to run Blast within python script

May 12th, 2006 10:54
Reed O'Brien, Halimah Rabiu, http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-subprocess.html

As of 2.4 subprocess replaces os.system (et al). 
I don't otherwise how you run blast. but probably something like. See
subprocess module documentation for more.
import subprocess
blast = subprocess.Popen("PATH/TO/BLAST", shell=True)