Re: [Tutor] shebang question

2006-11-26 Thread Michael P. Reilly
Very true about Python being installed in different places. In fact, for system compatibility reasons, it is sometime required that two or three very different releases of Python need to exist on the same system. If more than one happen to be in your path, then the use of "env python" becomes a

Re: [Tutor] shebang question

2006-11-26 Thread shawn bright
well thanks for all the info, gents, i appreciate it a lot ! sk On 11/26/06, زياد بن عبدالعزيز الباتلي <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "john maclean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:34:28 + wrote: > From what I can tell/remember, the first works in the *nix environment > if python is

Re: [Tutor] shebang question

2006-11-26 Thread زياد بن عبدالعزيز الباتلي
"john maclean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:34:28 + wrote: > From what I can tell/remember, the first works in the *nix environment > if python is in your $PATH, ... Actually, no. The first will try to feed the script to the executable "/usr/bin/python". If that doesn't exist (o

Re: [Tutor] shebang question

2006-11-25 Thread john maclean
>From what I can tell/remember, the first works in the *nix environment if python is in your $PATH, the latter will find python "somehere" on your system by looking at wher the executables should be. On 26/11/06, shawn bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there all, > what is the difference bet