[Python-Dev] devguide: Point out that OS X users need to change examples to use python.exe instead of
Ned Deily
nad at acm.org
Thu Jan 6 22:04:42 CET 2011
In article <E1Pawh0-0001Py-7i at dinsdale.python.org>,
brett.cannon <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
[...]
> summary:
> Point out that OS X users need to change examples to use python.exe instead
> of python.
> Once Python is done building you will then have a working build of Python
> that can be run in-place; ``./python`` on most machines, ``./python.exe``
> -on OS X.
> +on OS X (all examples throughout this documentation say ``./python`` but
> +implies you choose the proper name based on your OS).
That's true on OS X if you are using a case-insensitive file system.
But wIth the newer, case-sensitive HFS+, for example, you get ./python.
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Ned Deily,
nad at acm.org
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