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July 9th, 2012, 11:07 AM

pylover

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New to python

Hi all,

I'm looking to create a py script which basically automates all of my day to day habits such as after I login update my av, check for updates for my firewall open thunderbird and check for new emails.

But first I would like a way to authenticate the name for security purposes. is this possible with an if statement?

Is all of this possible and if so could someone give me an idea on how to start it.

Thanks in advance and this is what I have so far. not very much

Code:

import os

greet = input("What is your name? ") # wait for user input
if "Glynn":
    print ("Hello " + greet) # print name & greeting

level1 = input("What would you like to do? ") # more user input

if "Check Email":
    import subprocess
    subprocess.call(['C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Thunderbird\\thunderbird.exe'])

Last edited by pylover : July 9th, 2012 at 11:48 AM. Reason: Finished part of the code now onto elif statements :)

July 9th, 2012, 12:42 PM

hostwindsEvanM

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This is an awesome starting project. Though, forgive me if I am wrong, but wouldnt it be easier to simply click the Thunderbird icon as opposed to opening this, typing it in, etc? Sounds like de-automation to me!
Perhaps write it to check for new emails by its self and a few others things in one click. Thats luxury!

July 9th, 2012, 12:52 PM

lynuxlover

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I never thought of it like that this is just my starting project put everything I learn into a script which I can always come back to but what you said does sound pretty good wish I had thought of that, I might try that later.

and now i'm stuck on if statements trying to create a menu with a list e.g

print"""menu
1) Check Emails
2) Update AV
3) Browse the web"""

if 1 .... can't seem to get the syntax right.

July 9th, 2012, 01:30 PM

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Code:

greet = input("What is your name? ") # wait for user input

if "Glynn" == greet:   #### See the test?????
    print ("Hello " + greet) # print name & greeting

level1 = input("What would you like to do? ") # more user input

if '1' == level1: # Check Email  ####  See the test?
    import subprocess
    subprocess.call(['C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Thunderbird\\thunderbird.exe'])

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