Re: question on python syntax

2007-09-10 Thread Steve Holden
a.m. wrote: > If I type this in shell > > $ ./yourfile.py 12:34 PM & > > What does '$', '.', '/' and '& means in this succession? Note: 12:34 > PM is a argument to the yourfile.py. > "$" is the shell prompting you to let you know it's ready for you to type a command. "./" says "look in the cur

Re: question on python syntax

2007-09-10 Thread J. Cliff Dyer
Andrew Robert wrote: > a.m. wrote: >> If I type this in shell >> >> $ ./yourfile.py 12:34 PM & >> >> What does '$', '.', '/' and '& means in this succession? Note: >> 12:34 PM is a argument to the yourfile.py. >> > > This not python syntax but Unix shell. > > $ = shell prompt ./

Re: question on python syntax

2007-09-10 Thread Andrew Robert
a.m. wrote: > If I type this in shell > > $ ./yourfile.py 12:34 PM & > > What does '$', '.', '/' and '& means in this succession? Note: 12:34 > PM is a argument to the yourfile.py. > This not python syntax but Unix shell. $ = shell prompt ./= look for the program in my

question on python syntax

2007-09-10 Thread a.m.
If I type this in shell $ ./yourfile.py 12:34 PM & What does '$', '.', '/' and '& means in this succession? Note: 12:34 PM is a argument to the yourfile.py. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list