I believe I am already in the same directory that contains manage.py , but I still get an error (a syntax error). Checked the lines in settings.py and can't find anything wrong with them either. Posted my entire code below :
CaiGengYangs-MacBook-Pro:~ CaiGengYang$ cd mysite folder CaiGengYangs-MacBook-Pro:mysite CaiGengYang$ ls manage.py mysite CaiGengYangs-MacBook-Pro:mysite CaiGengYang$ python manage.py migrate Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 10, in <module> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 338, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 303, in execute settings.INSTALLED_APPS File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 48, in __getattr__ self._setup(name) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 44, in _setup self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 92, in __init__ mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module __import__(name) File "/Users/CaiGengYang/mysite/mysite/settings.py", line 45 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax CaiGengYangs-MacBook-Pro:mysite CaiGengYang$ On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 12:09:04 AM UTC+8, Joel Goldstick wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Cai Gengyang <gengy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all ! > > > > So I am going through the (Database setup) chapter of this tutorial > (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/intro/tutorial01/) --- Its the section > right after the first chapter on "Creating a project" > > > > I opened up mysite/settings.py as per the instructions on the Django tutorial. > > > > However, when I try to run the following command : $ python manage.py migrate > to create the tables in the database, > > > > CaiGengYangs-MacBook-Pro:Weiqi CaiGengYang$ python manage.py migrate ---- > input > > > > I get the following error message : > > > > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: > can't open file 'manage.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory ---- output > > > > Any idea how to solve this issue? > > > > Thanks a lot ! > > > > You need to be in the directory that contains manage.py > Gengyang > > -- > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > > > -- > > > > Joel Goldstick > http://joelgoldstick.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list