D.S. Hein wrote: > I have installed python 2.3 on my Windows 2K laptop and I can run python > from the command prompt. > > I have tried various ways to set PYTHONPATH with the various directories > where I have python programs (i.e. xxxxxx.py) but no matter how I set > PYTHONPATH I keep getting a message that python can't open the python > file. If I try to specify the full pathname by typing: python > c:\Documents and Settings\-rest of path- I get an error message that > python can't open c:\Documents.
Put the path inside quotation marks just as you would any other command. C:\>dir C:\documents and settings\a* The system cannot find the file specified. C:\>dir "C:\documents and settings\a*" Volume in drive C is XXXXPXXABA Volume Serial Number is 90C0-740E Directory of C:\documents and settings 07/16/2001 08:40a <DIR> Administrator 07/29/2005 08:20a <DIR> All Users 0 File(s) 0 bytes 2 Dir(s) 772,973,568 bytes free > > The ways I have set PYTHONPATH are by directly changing the registry > entry for Python 2.3, by setting the environment variable by > right-clicking on My Computer and by adding set PYTHONPATH=-various > pathnames-. > > I'd be grateful for any guidance on how to organize my system. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list