Help with Python install

[Emile van Sebille]

How about trying the full python2 path in .qmail preceeding
your script file name:

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|/big/dom/xthinkspot/thinker/python/Python-2.0/python
/big/dom/xthinkspot/mailtofile.py |vdeliver
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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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"Sheila King" <sheila at thinkspot.net> wrote in message
news:rkp46t8atkoabsmu7v159sm32c0mslp40p at 4ax.com...
> My web host offers Python 1.5.1. It is not possible for
the host to upgrade at
> this time, because it would require an entire rebuild of
the server core (the
> servers are highly customized).
>
> But I really wanted to use a more recent version. I was
given permission to
> install 2.0 in my own directory space. I have done so, and
it appears to be
> working.
>
> The host is running RedHat Linux with Apache as the
server. Python 1.5.1 is in
> the path, and anyplace I type >python, in any directory,
the interpreter comes
> up.
>
> Even in the directory where I installed 2.0. To get the
2.0 interpreter to
> come up, I have to type the full path. The 2.0 install
seems to be running
> fine. I used the smtplib and sent myself an e-mail. I
added a few numbers.
> Printed some messages to the screen. Looks fine.
>
> However...
>
> I can't get some mail scripts that I had running before
under 1.5.1 to run
> under 2.0.
>
> Using .qmail files I'm invoking these scripts when mail
arrives for my
> account. The contents of my .qmail file are shown below:
> ------------------------------------------------
> |/big/dom/xthinkspot/mailtofile.py |vdeliver
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> So, when a mail arrives, it calls the script mailtofile.py
and runs that, with
> the newly arrived mail being read on stdin.
>
> This is the first version of mailtofile.py:
> ------------------------------------------------
> #! /usr/bin/python
>
> import sys, os
>
> rawmessage = sys.stdin.read()
> outfile = open("./outmessage.txt", "w")
> sys.stdout=outfile
> print rawmessage
> outfile.close()
> os.chmod("./outmessage.txt", 0664)
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> When I send an e-mail, it gets copied to the textfile
outmessage.txt. No
> problem. However, it is running the Python 1.5.1 from my
host.
>
> So, I tried changing it to this:
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> #! /big/dom/xthinkspot/thinker/python/Python-2.0/python
>
> import sys, os
>
> rawmessage = sys.stdin.read()
> outfile = open("./outmessage.txt", "w")
> sys.stdout=outfile
> print rawmessage
> outfile.close()
> os.chmod("./outmessage.txt", 0664)
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> The only thing that has been changed is the path. I have
not changed the file
> name, or anything else. But this doesn't appear to run at
all. Well, the
> .qmail file tries to do something. I do get a blank e-mail
as a result. But
> the python script doesn't appear to do it's thing.
>
> I'm wondering what I need to do? I suppose I need to set
my .bash_profile so
> that my Python 2.0 is added to my path? or my environment?
or something?
>
> Could someone help me out here?
>
>
>
> --
> Sheila King
> http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
> http://www.k12groups.org/