What happens to -i ?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Lee Harr wrote:
> I am trying to determine if a script has been run with
> the -i flag.
> 
> 
> 11:38 >cat > dashi.py
> # dashi.py
> import sys
> print sys.argv
> #
> 11:38 >python dashi.py 
> ['dashi.py']
> 11:38 >python -i dashi.py
> ['dashi.py']
> 
> 
> 
> So, 2 questions:
> 
> What happens to -i ?

You switch to interactive mode in case of an exception.

> How can I tell if -i was specified?

You can't. (Unless you wait for mxTools in egenix-mx-base 2.1
where you can query this flag.)

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

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