set PYTHONPATH for a directory?

[Dave Angel]

On 05/04/2012 08:21 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
> I'm testing some software I'm building against an alternative version of a 
> library.  So I have an alternative library in directory L.  Then I have in an 
> unrelated directory, the test software, which I need to use the library version 
> from directory L.
>
> One approach is to set PYTHONPATH whenever I run this test software.  Any 
> suggestion on a more foolproof approach?
>
Simply modify  sys.path  at the beginning of your test software.  That's
where import searches.



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DaveA