They are not meant to be the same. Windows' PATH is the list of directories Windows will search for executables when running a command from the command line. Python's sys.path is the list of directories Python will search for modules to import.
--Ned. http://nedbatchelder.com/blog Jaap wrote: > Path in Windows XP Home is: > D:\Phyton25\;D:\Python25Scripts;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%; > %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem > > When I use the interpreter in PyScripter, I see: > >>>> print sys.path >>>> > > ['C:\\Windows\\system32\\python25.zip', 'D:\\Python25\\Lib', 'D:\ > \Python25\\DLLs', 'D:\\Python25\\Lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Documents and > Settings\\<username>', 'D:\\Python25', 'D:\\Python25\\lib\\site- > packages', 'D:\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\PIL', 'D:\\Python25\\lib > \ > \site-packages\\win32', 'D:\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\ > \lib', 'D:\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin'] > > Why are these paths different? > > > > > -- Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---