hiaips wrote: > > Tom Strickland wrote: >> Hopefully this is a simple question. I've started to program in Python >> after an absence of about a year, so I'm very rusty. I wrote a short >> program and tried to run it using Python2.4 in Linux. I keep getting >> "permission denied" messages after entering the path to the program. I >> switched to the root directory and tried again, but got the same >> result.I ran a very similar program earlier and it ran fine. >> >> What am I doing wrong? The program is: >> >> >> #!/usr/bin/python2.4 >> i=1 >> while i<10000: >> print 'step 1',i >> i+=1 >> raw_input() >> print 'step 2' >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Tom > > > Is your script executable?
That's the problem I had when I wrote my first Python script. I wrote it using vi, and vi doesn't save files with the executable flag set. A simple 'chmod 755 script.py' fixed that right up. Then, to execute the file from from the shell prompt, I had to create a 'bin' directory in my home folder, cuz I didn't want to litter my /usr/local/bin folder with useless Python scripts. (Useless because I wrote them to learn the language and for no other practical purpose.) Of course, I had to uncomment a line or two in my .bashrc file too. Hey, what do I know? I'm as new to this as virgins are to... Well, you get the idea. :-p -- -- There are several things that I will never be: * I will never be attracted to females. * I will never enjoy the company of others. Exactly how these realities bode for my enemy, is not of my concern. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
