newbie question about PYTHONPATH

[Panupat Chongstitwattana]

I think the command line should look something along this line

export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/foo/prog/learning_python/:

with a colon at the end.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Tim Hanson <tjhanson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am to the point in _Learning_Python_  where functions are introduced.
>
> I decided to experiment by putting a function into  a file and importing it
> into Idle.  Of course, Idle couldn't find it, so I executed the following
> command in Bash:
>
> PYTHONPATH=/home/foo/prog/learning_python
> export PYTHONPATH
> env | grep PYTHONPATH
>
> ~$PYTHONPATH=/home/foo/prog/learning_python
>
> Idle still won't find it.  I'm doing something wrong?
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