Reinhold Birkenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Terry Reedy wrote: >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Hi, >>> on startup my embedded python comes up with "import site failed use >>> -v". Later python crashes on Pyrun_file(). This is the first time I >>> have used python and I would like to know does it require site.py to be >>> read in, and has anyone got an idea how to pass in the -v without using >>> the python -v command, ie the embedded way. Thanks very much. >> >> If by embedded you mean embedded in a C/C++ program, I would look to the >> doc for the C API function that you use to start it up to see whether there >> is a way to pass in argv flags or to have the same effect. > > Also note that '-v' doesn't do what you want here, it merely activates verbose > mode so that you can find the cause for above error. You want '-S'.
I would say that "import site failed" means that something is wrong. The '-v' flag helps to find out what and why. The PYTHONVERBOSE environment variable does the same. Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
