Two Questions about Python on Windows
Tim Roberts
timr at probo.com
Sat Apr 5 17:57:33 EDT 2014
maxerickson at gmail.com wrote:
>
>You can also edit the PATHEXT environment variable to include .py/.pyw,
>making the python source files executable (as long as the types are
>properly registered with Windows; if double clicking runs them they
>should be properly registered).
Let me clarify that just a bit.
There are several ways to run Python scripts from a Windows command line.
You can invoke the interpreter specifically by name:
C:\Apps\Python27\python xxx.py
C:\Apps\Python27\python xxx.pyw
Or, if the Python directory is in your path:
python xxx.py
python xxx.pyw
If the .py and .pyw extension are registered using assoc and ftype (which
the Windows installer does), then you can invoke them by file name:
xxx.py
xxx.pyw
If you add those extensions to PATHEXT, then you do not even need to
provide the extension, so they will look just like any other automatically
executable program:
xxx
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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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