[Tutor] python: can't open file 'test.py' : [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[Pierre Dagenais]

W W wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Pierre Dagenais <pierre.dagenais at ncf.ca>wrote:
>
>   
>> The file test.py is in I:\Python25\MyCode,
>> if I enter:
>>
>>  C:\>Python25\MyCode\python25 test.py at the DOS prompt, everything works
>> as I would expect.
>>
>> However when I enter the same command from any other directory I get this
>> error:
>>
>>  C:\>python test.py
>>   python: can't open file 'test.py' : [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>>
>> I've set the environment variable pythonpath as
>>  C:\>set pythonpath = C:\\Python25\\MyCode
>>
>>     
>
> I'm not entirely sure about Windows, but my guess is that your problem is
> that the pythonpath isn't what you need to set. I would venture to guess
> that it's searching for test.py in your current path. If I'm correct in my
> thinking, all it does when you set the python path is tells python to
> execute in that directory, so if your script contains something like f =
> open("myfile.txt", "w") it will put it in that directory.
>
> You may want to try this:
>
> The path is now managed by Windows 2000 / Windows XP and not the
> autoexec.bat or autoexec.nt files. To change the system environment
> variables, follow the below steps.
>
>    1. From the desktop <http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/desktop.htm>,
>    right-click My Computer and click properties.
>    2. In the System Properties
> window<http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/w/window.htm>,
>    click on the Advanced tab <http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/t/tab.htm>.
>    3. In the Advanced section, click the Environment Variables
> button<http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/pushbutt.htm>
>    .
>    4. Finally, in the Environment Variables window, highlight the path
>    variable in the Systems Variable section and click edit. Add or modify the
>    path lines with the paths you wish the computer to access. Each different
>    directory is separated with a semicolon as shown below.
>
>    C:\Program Files;C:\Winnt;C:\Winnt\System32
>
> from:
> http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm
>
> Try adding the path to your code in that way, and see if it works. HTH,
> Wayne
>
>   
Thank you Wayne,
My path does include C:\python25;C\python25\mycode among other things. 
Is that is what you meant?