On Fri, 02 May 2008 13:24:01 +1000 Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I much prefer "#! /usr/bin/python" because I want my Python programs > to, by default, be run with the default Python, and depend on Python > being installed by the operating system's package manager. On systems > that use shebang lines and that actually have standardised filesystem > locations, the default Python is found at '/usr/bin/python'.
You have lived a sheltered life. Not every packaging system puts the executible in /usr/bin. Many systems use /usr/local/bin. NetBSD uses /usr/pkg/bin but allows you to define your own pkg root. Using /usr/bin/env allows your code to run on all these systems. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
