"sharon" <dilly...@gmail.com> wrote
I have been trying how to get a any python program to run by clicking on
the icon. I keep reading on the internet make it executable:
chmod a+x try_python.py
You do this in a console window, at a bash prompt.
You also need to add the "shebang" line at the top of the file.
That's a standard format comment line that Unix knows to look
at to determine which interpreter to use to execute the script.
It's a Unix thing, not Python, which is why the tutorials don't say
much about it, they assume you know Unix if you are using it.
everytime. If I then sent this try_python.py to someone else with
Ubuntu would it run on their system?
Yes provided they use chmod on it too.
You can find more about the chmod and shebang stuff
in the Style topic off my tutorial inside the Note for Unix Users
near the bottom.
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Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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