[Tutor] automatically extending PYTHONPATH?

[Liam Clarke]

No automatic method, afaik, but why not just do an os.walk() in
conjunction with sys.append()?

Regards, 

Liam Clarke


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:33:20 -0500, Marcus Goldfish
<magoldfish at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using Python 2.4/IDLE on WinXP.  I organize my sourcefiles in a
> directory tree, similar to the convention used in Java.  When I create
> a new subdirectory, though, I have to either (i) manually edit my
> PYTHONPATH environment variable, or (ii) do a sys.append() in IDLE for
> the new scripts to be visible.  Is there a workaround for this?  For
> example, is there a setting in IDLE of Python to specify a root source
> directory and have all subdirectories added automatically?
> 
> Hope this makes sense, and that a brilliant mind has a quick solution!
> 
> Thanks,
> Marcus
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