Newbie want Python CGI on Mac OS X10.2

Joe Block jpb at ApesSeekingKnowledge.net
Sat Nov 2 08:13:18 EST 2002


In article <mailman.1036085671.11687.python-list at python.org>,
 sismex01 at hebmex.com wrote:

> > From: Mel Bohince [mailto:melbohince at attbi.com]
> > 
> > I'm suspicious of the first line:
> > #!/usr/lib/python  I've tried #!/usr/lib/ python, #!/usr/bin/python,
> > #!/usr/bin/env python
> > 
> > what exactly is this to be?
> > 
> 
> Ehh, good reason to be suspicious about it!
> It's a specially-formatted comment, and it indicates
> the pathname of the interpreter. You have to look
> exactly where the "python" executable you need is,
> and place that full pathname after the "#!".

#! /usr/bin/python works fine on OS X 10.2 for me.

jpb



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