On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:52 PM, R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> wrote:
Indeed. If I want to run a script with a different python version on a unix-like system, I need to know the path to said script. We're trying to make python as easy to use on Windows as it is on Unix. If find-script-on-path is considered a worthwhile feature, then as Mark said it should be added to base Python (on all platforms), not special-cased in the Windows launcher.
And given the diverse range of what Python considers to be an executable script these days, -1000 to that particular feature. Use `which scriptname`, that's what it's for. The lack of such functionality in the underpowered cmd shell on Windows isn't Python's problem to solve - ask MS for a better shell and command line utilities (assuming Powershell doesn't already offer something comparable to 'which'). There are reasons I only code specifically for Windows if someone pays me to do so :P Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia