Is it possible to run a python script that is in another directory?

Question

I have a python script "dad":

# Executar script de outra pasta
if __name__ == '__main__':
     cmd = "main.py -username abcd -password 1234"
     subprocess.call(cmd, Shell=True)

Which calls the script "son" main.py (which is in another directory with all its modules and subfolders), also with the two parameters, as example above.

def main(argv):
    global username = "" #argv
    global password = "" #argv
    acessa_site_com_login #criar csv na pasta para cada texto acessado, demora uns minutos para finalizar

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])

Then I have in folder 1 the "father" and folder 2 with the "son".

I cannot find a way to call/run the script, it being in another directory. All the information I found here on the site shows imports to files that are in the same folder and/or to call functions from the "child" module, but I want to run the script as if I were running it at the command prompt. When I open the cmd prompt and type python main.py -u ABDC -p 1234 works normal.

Answer 1

To run the script . py you need to call the interpreter python

import subprocess

if __name__ == '__main__':
    cmd = r"python /caminho/para/a/pasta/main.py -username abcd -password 1234"
    subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)

Answer 2

import os

if(os.name == "nt"):
    os.system("python3 covid19/san_covid19(Windows).py")
else:
    os.system("python3 covid19/'san_covid19(linux).py'")

Example of an algorithm, works in the directory windows and linux. Importing them makes it run on both operating systems