Python & Apache

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

Jeff Bauer wrote:
> 
> Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
> > The biggest gotcha is that the Python scripts *must* start with
> >
> >         #!c:\Python\python.exe
> >
> > (or wherever Python actually lives). You can't use
> >
> >         #!/usr/local/bin/python
> >
> > because Apache won't find it, even if the path exists
> > on Apache's drive--it insists on the driveletter and
> > the backslashes.
> 
> Hi Ivan.
> 
> My notes document otherwise.  I could be wrong, since
> I don't use the latest Win32/Apache, but I just copy
> python.exe into C:\usr\local\bin and I can use
> portable (for some loose definition of "portability")
> python cgi scripts between Unix and NT.
> 
> http://starship.python.net/crew/jbauer/apachenotes/
> 

Well, whatdya know.  As long as apache and python live on the same
drive, it does work.

Last time I read the release notes from Apache, they said that it
*required* the windows-style pathname.  Looks like they relaxed that
requirement.

Cool.

Thanks, Jeff.

Ivan
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