Running python from cygwin with .py-extension --- import: not found

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In article <39C0E8A6.B93F3CBD at yahoo.com>,
  Olav <OlavB at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
>
> It also works, though both this and the "#"-method breaks when I try
to run
> scripts on my D-drive.
> Cygwin will give Python a path starting with //D, which it can't
find... (My
> current drve is then the
> C-drive, and Python.exe is also on the C-drive.
>
> Anybody got a way around that?

I bet you are trying to run a Win32 python.exe in a Cygwin shell
get the source and compile it with Cygwin
Then when you are in a Cygwin shell you will pick up the Cygwin Python
which 'knows' about Cygwin mounts Unix stlye paths etc.

Distributed Windows Python
C:\TEMP>python
Python 1.5.2 (#0, May 29 2000, 13:52:29) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import os
>>> os.sep
'\\'

Cygwin compiled Python
NHV:/c/temp> python
Python 2.0b1 (#51, Aug 28 2000, 14:33:59)  [GCC 2.95.2 19991024
(release-2)] on cygwin_98-4.101
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
Copyright 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
>>> import os
>>> os.sep
'/'

Cygwin-g-ly yours

Norman


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