also [1]: ... python web2py.py -S app -M -R applications/app/private/myscript.py -A a b c
where -S app tells web2py to run "myscript.py" as "app", -M tells web2py to execute models, and -A a b c passes optional command line arguments sys.argv=['applications/app/private/myscript.py','a','b','c'] to "myscript.py". ... I have used this method for complex data migrations. [1] http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core#Running-tasks-in-the-background 2016-02-10 18:42 GMT-05:00, Dave S <snidely....@gmail.com>: > On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 2:01:52 PM UTC-8, snehalash...@gmail.com > > wrote: >> >> can we write the python script inweb2py >> > > There are 2 answers to this. Web2Py depends on a Python installation. (In > > Windows, it's own copy is packaged with Web2py). You can run ordinary > Python scripts in that Python enviornment. But also, Web2Py provides an > "application-aware" shell enviornment for running scripts, which can also > run ordinary Python scripts or it can be used to run scripts that know > about your application's models and modules. > > For a more complete description of this, Chapters 1 and 3 of the book are > good places to start; Chapter 2 provides a quick introduction to Python. > <URL:http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/01/introduction> > > /dps > > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Yoel BenÃtez Fonseca http://redevil.cubava.cu/ $ python -c "import this" -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.