#! independent of location of python binary

[Dave Brueck]

#!/usr/bin/env python

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harald Kirsch" <kirschh at lionbioscience.com>
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Subject: #! independent of location of python binary


> 
> In Tcl I write
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # \
> exec tclsh "$0" ${1+"$@"}
> 
> and the tclsh will be found along the path.
> 
> How can I do this in python. I tried 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> exec python $@ -c "`tail +3 $0`"
> 
> but this is of course suboptimal because sys.argv[0] becomes `-c'.
> 
> The next one was:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> exec python $@ -c "import sys;sys.argv[0]='$0';`tail +3 $0`"
> 
> but things start to become really messy here. In addition, it does not
> preserve semantics because it forces the import of sys.
> 
>   Harald Kirsch
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