[2.5.1 + CGI] Which interpreter and files?

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Gilles <nospam at nospam.com> wrote:
> 1. Mongoose must be told in the shebang file where to locate the
> interpreter, but ActivePython 2.5.1 comes with fours files that look
> like the interpreter (actually, two files, since the other two have
> the same size so they are probably left overs):
> ============================
> 01/05/2007  18:01            24.064 python.exe
> 01/05/2007  18:01            24.064 python25.exe
> 01/05/2007  18:01            24.576 pythonw.exe
> 01/05/2007  18:01            24.576 pythonw25.exe
> ============================

The ones with the -w tag are designed for Windows apps that are going
to bring up a GUI and don't want a console. The python[w]25.exe ones
will be in case you have multiple Pythons installed and want to
explicitly call for version 2.5. You probably want python.exe, but
python25.exe will work too.


ChrisA