Nice... Quickly test an app on newer code to determine if you should upgrade.
You can run the app on a local port (like 8000) and access it while your main site can still be running smoothly. -- Thadeus On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > Sorry that I was kept busy for a few days and did not feedback > earlier. > > Massimo's fix works. Now web2py.py -f another_web2py_folder can serve > applications in that another_web2py_folder/applications/* > > Thadeus, in most cases we don't need two instances of web2py running > same app code. But there is always an exception to any rule. In my > first post in this thread, I use both web2py_src (latest trunk) and > web2py_exe to run same app, because the former does not run cron due > to my lack of python_win32. And I think this trick also simplify my > life when testing same app on web2py_old and web2py_latest, in case > web2py_latest introduced some bug. > > Iceberg > > On Apr8, 11:44pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: >> Iceberg, >> >> I am confused as to why you have two instances of web2py running the >> same app code? >> >> Unless they can use separate routes? >> >> -Thadeus >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:22 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> > I am not sure about routes because I am not sure whether routes is >> > executed before of after the change of path. >> > Should be tried and eventually we can fix it. >> >> > On Apr 8, 10:16?am, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: >> >> Does that mean it will use "other_web2py" routes.py and the like? >> >> >> -Thadeus >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:18 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >> > here is how it works now (its was more convoluted before) >> >> >> > web2py must find gluon folder in path. >> >> > it also expects to find applications/ in os.environ['web2py_path'] or >> >> > in os.getcwd(). >> >> >> > -f path sets os.environ['web2py_path'] = path >> >> >> > Massimo >> >> >> > On Apr 8, 12:17?am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >> >> I only took a quick look and I think I fixed it but please take a >> >> >> second look. >> >> >> >> The syntax is: >> >> >> >> -f /home/another_web2py >> >> >> >> Massimo >> >> >> >> >> > > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> >> >> >> > > > > wrote: >> >> >> > > > > > Hi, do you pals know when and how to use command line option >> >> >> > > > > > -f >> >> >> > > > > > FOLDER? I hope to hear some experience. >> >> >> >> > > > > > My major web2py develop environment used to be a web2py >> >> >> > > > > > source version >> >> >> > > > > > freshly from latest trunk, on Windows XP, but without win32 >> >> >> > > > > > extention >> >> >> > > > > > (why bothers). But today I have to use a web2py windows >> >> >> > > > > > binary version >> >> >> > > > > > as a workaround due to the cron feature. Detail is available >> >> >> > > > > > here: >> >> >> > > > > >https://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_frm/thread/7d577b75534f... >> >> >> >> > > > > > So it seems my apps must be duplicated for the two web2py >> >> >> > > > > > version home >> >> >> > > > > > folder. But that is inconvenient to maintain. Therefore I am >> >> >> > > > > > looking >> >> >> > > > > > for a way to let the two (or more) copies of web2py share >> >> >> > > > > > same >> >> >> > > > > > applications folder. On windows, we don't have "ln -s". But >> >> >> > > > > > web2py >> >> >> > > > > > looks like having builtin solution. >> >> >> >> > > > > > ?-f FOLDER, --folder=FOLDER >> >> >> > > > > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?folder from which to run web2py >> >> >> >> > > > > > However, even I start web2py like this: >> >> >> > > > > > ?C:\> cd \my\first\web2py >> >> >> > > > > > ?C:\> web2py.py -a1 -f C:\my\another\web2py >> >> >> > > > > > the web2py starts, serves, but still only hosting apps under >> >> >> > > > > > the "\my >> >> >> > > > > > \first\web2py\applications", not those under >> >> >> > > > > > "\my\another\web2py >> >> >> > > > > > \applications". >> >> >> >> > > > > > So, is -f FOLDER supposed to do what I want? >> >> >> >> > > > > > Regards, >> >> >> > > > > > Iceberg > > > -- > Subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/subscribe?hl=en >
