Here goes ... I have two files test1 and test2 ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l total 37620 drwx------ 8 dave dave 4096 2006-06-30 23:26 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 9 dave dave 4096 2006-06-15 22:48 google-earth drwxr-xr-x 13 dave dave 4096 2006-05-27 09:51 my_files drwxr-xr-x 2 dave dave 4096 2006-06-24 21:29 Pictures drwxr-xr-x 4 dave dave 4096 2006-07-02 03:00 PodCasts drwxr-xr-x 2 dave dave 4096 2006-06-16 21:30 qemu drwxr-xr-x 9 dave dave 4096 2006-06-30 22:30 SecondLife_1_10_5_1 -rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave 38438806 2006-06-30 18:53 SecondLife_1_10_5_1.tar.bz2 drwxr-xr-x 2 dave dave 4096 2006-07-02 17:43 test1 drwxr-xr-x 2 dave dave 4096 2006-07-02 17:41 test2 Two simple scripts .... parent and child ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd test2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test2$ cat child.py #!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: iso8859_1 -*- def hello(): print 'child says hello' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test2$ cd ../test1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ cat parent.py #!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: iso8859_1 -*- from child import hello def test(): print 'parent says hello' hello() test() And I hit my problem :( [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ ./parent.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "./parent.py", line 4, in ? from child import hello ImportError: No module named child PYTHONPATH ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ echo $PYTHONPATH /home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/configs:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/logs:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/get_data:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/gg_utils:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/ipc:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/process_data:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/common_utils:/home/dave/test2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ And where PYTHONPATH is set ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ cat ~/.bashrc # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells. # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc) # for examples # If not running interactively, don't do anything [ -z "$PS1" ] && return # don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options #export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups # check the window size after each command and, if necessary, # update the values of LINES and COLUMNS. shopt -s checkwinsize # make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1) [ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(lesspipe)" # set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below) if [ -z "$debian_chroot" -a -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot) fi # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color) case "$TERM" in xterm-color) PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;[EMAIL PROTECTED]: \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ' ;; *) PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$ ' ;; esac # Comment in the above and uncomment this below for a color prompt #PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;[EMAIL PROTECTED]: \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ' # If this is an xterm set the title to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:dir case "$TERM" in xterm*|rxvt*) PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"' ;; *) ;; esac # Alias definitions. # You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like # ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly. # See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package. #if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then # . ~/.bash_aliases #fi # enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ]; then eval "`dircolors -b`" alias ls='ls --color=auto' #alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical' #alias vdir='ls --color=auto --format=long' fi # some more ls aliases #alias ll='ls -l' #alias la='ls -A' #alias l='ls -CF' # enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile # sources /etc/bash.bashrc). #if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then # . /etc/bash_completion #fi PYTHONPATH=/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/configs:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/logs:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/get_data:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/gg_utils:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/ipc:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/process_data:/home/dave/my_files/my_gg/gg1.4/common_utils:/home/dave/test2 export EDITOR=vi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test1$ Dave _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor