TRying to import files from my folder not pythons lib folder

[Steve Holden]

kyosohma at gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 21, 12:32 pm, "tedpot... at gmail.com" <tedpot... at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to create my own lib of functions, but it seems like I can
>> only import them if they are in pythons lib folder.
>>
>> Example
>> I have a folder called
>> K:\mypython
>>
>> Now in the interactive python shell I type
>> Import k:\mypython\listall
>> And get a error on :
>>
>> If I store listall.py in pythons lib folder and type
>> Limport listall
>>
>> It works fins.
>>
>> Can I create my own library of functions and store them in a separate
>> dir????
>>
>> Also I try to creat a folder in pythomns lib folder and that did not
>> work
>>
>> Help
>> -Ted
> 
> One workaround is to do to this:
> 
> <code>
> 
> import sys
> sys.path.append(r'K:\mypython')
> import listall
> 
> </code>
> 
> You can also add your path to the .pth file, but I've never done that,
> so I can't tell you how.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> Mike
> 
The easiest way, particularly for testing, is to set the PYTHONPATH 
variable. It should be a colon-separated list of directories on Unices, 
and a semi-colon separated list on Windows. Those directories will be 
added to sys.path.

See http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html for yet more.

regards
  Steve

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