On Jul 5, 7:38 am, Dominic Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Hulan wrote: > > On Jul 4, 5:38 am, Dominic Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dominic Rice wrote: > >>> Miki wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>>> I can't seem to get python to run my scripts using the command: python > >>>>> <userscript>.py > >>>>> If I type python the interpreter runs as I sorted out the Path property, > >>>>> I'm afraid I don't know much about this kind of thing as I'm a science > >>>>> student who needs some Python not a programmer! > >>>> Can you be more specific about the error you get? > >>>> Say you have a script hw.py that contains one line: > >>>> print "Hello Python" > >>>> and you run > >>>> python hw.py > >>>> What is the error you get? > >>>> HTH, > >>>> -- > >>>> Miki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>http://pythonwise.blogspot.com > >>> Sure, I get: > >>> can't open file <userscript>.py: [errorno 2]No such file or directory. > >>> Now if I've noticed that if I change directory to (for instance) > >>> \Python25 where the script is the command runs fine.(?) > >> Oh I just noticed you specified hw.py, in that case just to clarify it > >> would be can't open file hw.py: [errorno 2]No such file or directory > > > When you run a script, are you in the directory where the script is > > located? > > when it works yes! Does it have to be the case then? I assumed that > there was a default folder (eg \Python25) that the python command would > look for the file in, I take it this is not the case then?
The default folder *is* the "current" folder, i.e. "the directory that you are in". If you want to run a script in another folder, you specify the path to that script. This is usual in Windows command-line operation, not special to Python. By the way, storing your own files in the same folder structure as a software package (e.g. \Python25) is not a good idea. Keep them somewhere else e.g. a separate folder for each significantly different project, a folder for commonly useful stuff, and a junk folder for mucking about trying things out. Then when e.g. you upgrade to Python 2.6 the possibility of drama is reduced. HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
