[Tutor] A few Python Mysteries [Reset]

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/12/11 16:37, Wayne Watson wrote:

> C:\Python27>python.exe \Lib\idlelib\idle.py. It issued a complaint that
> "no such file or directory exists". It however does.

It almost certainly doesn't. The \ in front of Lib says look in the root 
directory of the C drive.

You probably need:

C:\Python27> python.exe Lib\idlelib\idle.py.

HTH

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