Using command line args on Windows

[Diez B. Roggisch]

k8 wrote:
> Hello-
> 
> I'm stuck on a Windows machine today and would love to fully play with
> and test a simple python script.  I want to be able to type "python
> myscript myarg" somewhere.  Is there anything out there to help me?  My
> main concern is playing with the myarg in the sys.argv list.  I've been
> mucking around with IDLE without much success.

Install cygwin. Don't confuse the cygwin python version with your 
separately installed one, or don't install python via cygwin.

Regards,

Diez