How do I find executable files from the environment PATH variable?
Trent Mick
trentm at ActiveState.com
Tue Aug 6 13:59:39 EDT 2002
[Noah wrote]
> Basically I want to write "which" in Python.
Or you could just download it. :)
http://starship.python.net/~tmick/
> Am I forced to check every directory in PATH
> and test each one with os.access()? If so then
> will this script duplicate the actions of the
> shell in searching for an executable file?
Getting this right on Windows is a little bit of a pain.
Cheers,
Trent
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