[Tutor] help

[Christian Witts]

Forwarding to the list.

Martijn wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Christian Witts 
> <cwitts at compuscan.co.za <mailto:cwitts at compuscan.co.za>> wrote:
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>     Oshan Modi wrote:
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>
>         i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having
>         trouble running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone
>         of you could help?
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>     If you are using Windows and just installed Python and then tried
>     to execute your script with "python script_name.py" and it tells
>     you it cannot find the program to execute then it is likely your
>     environment settings as the Python installer never seems to set up
>     your path properly.
>      
>     Go to My Computer -> Advanced Settings -> Environment Settings ->
>     Double-Click on path -> Add your python path eg. c:\python26 at
>     the end
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>  
> I think it should be capitalized, but I'm not sure, so:
> For Python 2.6:
> C:\Python26
> For Python 3.1:
> C:\Python31
> If you didn't install it on the C: drive, change C: to the drive 
> letter you installed it on.
>  
> Also, check if there's a semicolon ( ; ) at the end of the path before 
> you add the python path, if there isn't, add it first. Now you can 
> continue :)
>  
> Martijn
>  
>
>     -> Restart and it should work.
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>     Kind Regards,
>     Christian Witts
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Windows is case insensitive when it comes to paths and executables names 
so it shouldn't matter.  The semi-colon I forgot to mention though. :)

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Kind Regards,
Christian Witts