Setting PYTHONPATH does not allow importing module

[cl at isbd.net]

faruk at vt.edu wrote:
> I have the following directory /home/me/projects/modulename.
> 
> I update PYTHONPATH using the following command:
> export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/me/projects/modulename
> 
> It seems to have been added:
> [me at machine ~]$ python -c "import sys; print(sys.path)"
> ['',... '/home/me', '/home/me/projects/modulename', ...]
> 
> But import modulename does not work:
> [me at machine ~]$ python -c "import modulename"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named modulename
> 
Don't you have that one level wrong, to import <modulename> you need
the directory where the name <modulename> is to be on PYTHONPATH.

I.e. you should have:-
    export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/me/projects/

If you think about it this makes sense!

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Chris Green
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