[Tutor] __init__.py for running a file from commandline?

[Kent Johnson]

Marcus Goldfish wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/11/06, *Kent Johnson* <kent37 at tds.net <mailto:kent37 at tds.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Marcus Goldfish wrote:
>      > Hoping someone can help with this...
>      >
>      > I have a logical python namespace using a directory tree and
>     __init__.py
>      > files.  For example, PYTHONPATH points to ~pyroot, and I have the
>     following:
>      >
>      > ~pyroot/
>      > ~pyroot/utils/
>      > ~pyroot/utils/commands/mygrep.py
>      >
>      > Which makes it nice to code:
>      >
>      > # some python script
>      > import utils.commands.mygrep as grep
>      >
>      > However, I have a problem when running python scripts from the
>     command
>      > line.  I would like to do this:
>      >
>      >  > python utils.commands.mygrep.py <http://utils.commands.mygrep.py>
>      >
>      > but it doesn't work.  Is there a trick, or something that I am
>     missing,
>      > that will let me run scripts like that?
> 
>     python utils/commands/mygrep.py
>     will work if mygrep.py doesn't import other modules from utils; not
>     sure
>     if it will work with imports.
> 
>     Kent
> 
> 
> Kent,
> 
> Hmmm... I tried this on my WinXP box-- didn't work nor with 
> backslashing).  I checked my environment variables in my shell, and 
> PYTHONPATH points to ~pyroot.  Am I missing something?  Could this be a 
> 'nix thing?

It works for me on WinXP to run a simple script with no dependencies, 
with forward or back slashes. I don't have PYTHONPATH set at all. How 
does it fail for you?

Kent