Thanks Michael, that's what I was looking for. Are there any differences between that and the actual interactve prompt that I should be aware of?
Would you consider that a better method than using (thanks to those who suggested this other option): import os os.environ['PYTHONINSPECT'] = '1' "Michael Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Joe wrote: > >> I want the script to decide whether to fall back to the interactive >> prompt. You solution makes it ALWAYS fall back to the interactive prompt. > > Actually, using sys.exit() means the program can exit even if python -i > is used. > > You can use: > > import code > code.interact() > > which emulates the interactive prompt. > -- > Michael Hoffman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
