Python Error from Apress book

[Dave Angel]

matt0177 wrote:
> Adding the python before the command line didn't work at first, but upon
> moving the files to the c:\python25 it worked like a champ. Thank you both
> for the help. Very frustrating to run into stuff like this when you're first
> trying to learn a knew language, it really throws off your momentum!
>   
I'm glad you got things working.  But you really shouldn't need to add 
your own files to the installation directory.  What you need is 
straightforward, but the details are Windows specific

The following is all at the command prompt, not inside Python.

You have a PATH environment variable, with various directories on it.  
Type it out using the PATH command.  Pick a location on it, and add a 
batch file we'll write below.  It's also possible to add a new directory 
to the PATH, using the control panel.  Normally, the first thing I do on 
a new machine is add two directories to the PATH, perhaps  c:\bin  and 
c:\bat.  The former is for the simple one-file utilities you accumulate 
over the years, and the latter is for batch files.  If you want to 
pursue this, let me know, and I'll give details.

Now that you've picked a location for your batch file, let's create it, 
calling it   Python25.bat   You could just call it Python.bat, but this 
way, you can have more than one Python installed, and choose between them.

The contents of Python25.bat are a single line:

@c:\python25\python.exe  %*

The leading @ says we don't wan the line echoed to the screen.  If 
you're unsure of yourself, you can leave it off till everything works 
well, then add it in.  The %* says to copy all the arguments you pass 
the batch file into the executable.

Once this batch file is stored in your PATH, you can just type something 
like:

      python25  myscript.py   arg1 arg2

or, to run the interpreter itself,
     python25

DaveA