On Apr 6, 2005 11:06 AM, Ivan Van Laningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All-- > > Simon Brunning wrote: > > > > On Apr 6, 2005 2:37 PM, rbt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Does the line below have any negative impact on Windows machines? I > > > develop and test mostly on Unix, but my scripts are often used on Win > > > systems too. > > > > > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > > > Nope. On Windows it's just a comment. > > > > It works fine using cygwin, uwin, mks and pdksh, all available for > Windows. Google is your friend. > > Symbolic links also work under uwin (don't know for sure about the > others). That means you can install a link in /usr/bin to whereever > python lives, and expect #!/usr/bin/python to work just fine.
This works in cygwin as well; I didn't mention cygwin since the OP seemed to be asking about windows distribution, but it's a good point. Peace Bill Mill -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list