[python-win32] Running a script

[Steve Holden]

Roger Shuttleworth wrote:
> Hello
>  
> Windows XP SP2.
>  
> I am a Python novice. I downloaded an application called rtf2xml that 
> converts RTF files to XML. I have Python 2.4 installed, and updated my 
> path to include c:\python24. The application has the following folder 
> structure:
>  
> rtf2xml-1.2 (contains setup.py, which I have installed using the python 
> setup.py install command)
>         rtf2xml (contains a bunch of .py files)
>         scripts (contains rtf2xml.py and a test file called hello_world.rtf)
>        
> The documentation says that I should be in the command prompt window and 
> simply type:
> rtf2xml hello_world.rtf
>  
> I've tried this but I get various errors, such as:
> rtf2xml is not recognized as an internal or external command...
> python: can't open file...[errno 13] permission denied
>  
> Please can someone tell me (i) what directory I have to be in, and (ii) 
> what the command line should be? I tried from various folders, with and 
> without "python" in front, but nothing works.
>  
Some basic information that might help:

   http://www.python.org/doc/faq/windows.html

It sounds as though your instructions might be a git Unix-xentric. In 
the Windows environment a program ordinarily has to be something.py or 
something.pyw to be recognised as a Python program, whereas in 
Unix/Linux the interpreter is often identified by the "shebang" line 
(#!/usr/bin/python, or whatever).

Get back to the list if none of hte FAQ advice helps.

regards
  Steve
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