[Tutor] Python development-moving from Windows to Linux (finally)

[Alan Gauld]

> > need to be somewhere in your $PATH, which specifies where the
shell
> > looks for executables when you try to run them. So just add
> > /home/tony/bin to your $PATH variable.
>
> This is already in the path. It was a default, I didn't add it.
> This is why I don't understand why I need to use
> /home/tony/bin/myscript.py to run my scripts.

Have you changed the mode to executable with chmod?
Is Python in the PATH - ie if you type python does
the >>> prompt come up OK?

If yes to both the above what error exactly does the
shell give? Can you cut n paste a sample?

Alan G