[Tutor] set PYTHONPATH=.;c:\... returns a syntax error

michaelbaker@operamail.com michaelbaker@operamail.com
Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:09:14 -0400


At 02:45 PM 6/17/00 -0400, you wrote:
>~
>~ I'm ultra new at programming - but boy is it fun so far!  How can
>~ I import
>~ modules that reside in directories outside the Lib directory?
>~ (this question
>~ is based on the default install locations for Python 1.5.2 on
>~ Windows and SGI
>~ Irix 6.5)
>~
>~ thanks.
>
>
>I believe the preferred solution is to set an environment variable
>PYTHONPATH.  Put /python/lib in it along with whatever other directories
>you'd like to import from.
>
>	hth,
>		~c

when I type "set PYTHONPATH=.;c:\Program Files\Python\"
the command line interpreter returns a syntax error. Is there a .cshrc-like
file in DOS or Windows where additional module location paths can be saved?