The first method allows python to be installed in an alternate location (i.e. /usr/local/bin). "env" in this case is being used to launch python from whatever location python is installed to.
I like to think of it as an "abstraction" of the python location to make it "multiplatform-friendly" since not all Unix systems put python in /usr/bin. On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Yves Dorfsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On UNIX, some people use > #!/usr/bin/env python > > While other use > #!/usr/bin/python > > Why is one preferred over the other one ? > > Thanks. > > -- > Yves. > http://www.SollerS.ca > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Computers are like air conditioners... They quit working when you open Windows.
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