Aggelos I. Orfanakos wrote: > Under Gentoo Linux, I issue: > > $ python timeit.py > python: can't open file 'timeit.py' > $ ls -al /usr/lib/python2.3/timeit.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9833 Oct 19 02:17 /usr/lib/python2.3/timeit.py > > But if I specify the full path, it works: > > $ python /usr/lib/python2.3/timeit.py -n 1 "pass" > 1 loops, best of 3: 3.1 usec per loop > > Any ideas how can I fix this? I think it may have to do with where > Python looks for modules, but I am not sure.
if you pass a filename to the python interpreter, python uses that file as a script. it doesn't search for files. in Python 2.4, you can use "python -m timeit" to make it search for a module, and use it as a script. in earlier versions, create a symlink from your personal bin directory, or use a small shell script to run the python script. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
