#!/usr/bin/env python vs. #!/usr/bin/python

[J Sisson]

The first method allows python to be installed in an alternate location
(i.e. /usr/local/bin).  "env" in this case is being used to launch python
from whatever location python is installed to.

I like to think of it as an "abstraction" of the python location to make it
"multiplatform-friendly" since not all Unix systems put python in /usr/bin.

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Yves Dorfsman <yves at zioup.com> wrote:

> On UNIX, some people use
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> While other use
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> Why is one preferred over the other one ?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Yves.
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