Python & Apache

[Jeff Bauer]

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/

Jeff Bauer
Rubicon Research