"Dick Moores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >>except you lose the flexibility of changing PYTHONPATH >>dynamically during a session using SET. > > Could you show me how to use SET? And an example where it would be > useful?
Imagine you are in a DOS command session C:> SET PYTHONPATH=C:\MYNEWFOLDER;%PYTHONPATH% prepends a folder to PYTHONPATH Now next time you run Python it will pick up the extra folder C:> SET PYTHONPATH displays the current value finally C:>SET PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH:Python25=Python24% edits the existing path to substitute Python24 for each occurence of python25 SET /P allows multi line entry. SET is quite surprisingly powerful. Try HELP SET for more info The big downside is that these changes only apply to the current environment. (Which is the point of an *environment* variable after all :-) You still need to edit the variable if you want a permanant change Alan G _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor