How can I get my python (version 2.5) script to run a jar file inside a folder instead of from command line?

Question

I am familiar with using the os.system to run from the command line. However, I would like to be able to run a jar file from inside of a specific folder, eg. my \'t

Answer 1

Here is a small script to get you started. There are ways to make it "better", but not knowing the full scope of what you are trying to accomplish this should be sufficient.

import os

if __name__ == "__main__":
   startingDir = os.getcwd() # save our current directory
   testDir = "\\test" # note that \ is windows specific, and we have to escape it
   os.chdir(testDir) # change to our test directory
   os.system("java -jar run_this.jar required_paramter.ext")
   os.chdir(startingDir) # change back to where we started