setting pythonpath on Windows NT

[Steve Holden]

The "site" library module is the easiest way to modify the sys.path
variable.  It's imported automatically every time Python starts up.
The source gives you clues as to how to use it.

regards
 Steve

Andrew Malcolmson wrote:
> 
> There's an even easier way to do this.
> 
> 1) Open the 'System' dialog either through the Control Panel or through the
> Properties of the 'My Computer' icon on the Desktop.
> 2) Display the 'Environment' tab.
> 3) Click in either 'System Variables' (applied to all users) or 'User
> Variables' (current user), enter 'PYTHONPATH' in the 'Variable' text box
> below, and
> then enter any path entries you want, separated by semicolons, in the
> 'Value' box.
> 
> You can check that this has taken effect by opening an NT command prompt
> and listing the environment variables with the 'set' command.
> 
> The PYTHONPATH you specify in 'System' will be prepended to the standard
> sys.path.

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