have a question about setting up an env. variable.
i own a macbook pro laptop running mac os x 10.5.2.
i downloaded MacPython 2.5.
my problem is that when i go to run a script which i have saved in my
home directory in a folder which i called python, my IDLE does not
recognize the script which i am trying to import, here is a sample
session in my IDLE:
>>> import script1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
import script1
ImportError: No module named script1
i was told that i have to set the env. variable path, so my computer
knows where to find the scripts i am working on.
one solution i was told about which worked was to type in the
following code when i start my IDLE:
import sys
sys.path.append( "/users/jamescollins/python/" )
this worked for me, but i thought there should be a more elegant way
to import scripts i am working on, than to have to write this code in
each time i want to run a script.
i also was told of a way to modify my python path env variable, and
this is what i want to do, but i am unsure of how to do this? I was
told:
"Or you can modify python path by setting PYTHONPATH env variable. In
bash shell:
$ export PYTHONPATH=.:$HOME/python:$PYTHONPATH
Usually one does it by including the above line in .bash_profile file."
i went into terminal, which is mac os x command line, and
opened .bash_profile file into textedit. the file was hidden but i was
able to open it, i then tried adding the line which i was told to add:
$ export PYTHONPATH=.:$HOME/python:$PYTHONPATH
but when i went into my python IDLE i got error messages to the extent
that my IDLE couldn't find the scripts i was trying to import. one
thing i will mention is that i added the above line exactly as it is
written above.
can anyone help me set up the path so my computer looks in a certain
directory for the scripts i am working on?
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