[Pythonmac-SIG] pythonw from Apache

[Ryan Wilcox]

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Once, Rob Bedford dist say:

>
>I want to use Applescript in my python from Apache.  When I try it is 
>obvious I need pythonw not python (need to access window server).  
>However if I change #!/usr/bin/python to #!/usr/bin/pythonw it does not 
>work.  Is this possible?

Yes. You either need to be running apache as the logged-in user (obviously - the
one with the active window manager ;) ) or use cgi-wrap.

There's a decent (or I'd like to think it's decent) tutorial on how to setup
cgiwrap here: <http://wilcoxd.com/blog/archives/000036.html>

Hope this helps,
_Ryan Wilcox

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