[Tutor] sys.path..... - PATH, one more time...

[Steve George]

Hi,

It is a way of altering your sys.path without having to use a
PYTHONPATH.  So for example if I had some packages in
/home/steve/pymodules I could add them to my python startup by forming a
file in /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages called something like
mysite.pth  in the file I would just list the directory location for my
modules.

Here's the formal explanation:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-site.html

Daryl Harms and Kenneth McDonald provide an explanation of the options
here:
http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Languages/Python/Quick/python2_2.html

Cheers,

Steve

On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 09:35, alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:
> > There's also the .pth extension in Windows.  You can list
> > directories there which you want 'import xxx' to search/find.
> 
> What's this then? Its new to me. 
> Can you expand Kirby?
> 
> Alan G.
> 
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