Running a python script under Linux

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:18:28 +0100
Hans Mulder <hansmu at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> The Pythonic way to get what you want, is to be explicit:
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/python2.7 -V
> 
> If you do that, it will even work in situations where you
> can't control PATH, such as CGI scripts and cron jobs.

As long as you only run on one system that's OK.  That won't work on
NetBSD or Linux[1] for example.

> There are situations where using #!/usr/bin/env makes sense,
> but yours isn't one of them.

#! /usr/bin/env python2.7

[1]: Well, Ubuntu anyway.  I don't know about the others.

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