Maybe you can fix it by creating a new Django project in another directory and then copy manage.py (and/or other missing default files) to your current project directory.
On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 3:42:57 PM UTC+7, Lekan Wahab wrote: > > Thanks for getting back to me. > So, i just figured *manage.py* would also require the *settings.py* which > is missing now. > What do i do about that? > > Lekan > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Mike Dewhirst <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On 24/08/2016 5:23 PM, Lekan Wahab wrote: >> >>> Good morning, >>> I was recently given  a django project to manage at work. >>> However, i noticed the project has neither a django-admin.py or a >>> manage.py file. >>> Is that normal? >>> >> There is usually a manage.py file in the root of the project. >> django-admin.py is put in the Python path when Django is installed. >> >>> If it is, how do i run the project on my local machine for testing >>> purposes? >>> >> >> * Establish a virtualenv setup (optional but recommended)(separate topic) >> * install the same version of Django locally (the file structure you show >> indicates a possibly older Django) >> * install the same version of the database server locally >> * dump the database on the server and load it locally >> * mkdir ~/envs >> * cd envs >> |* ||python django-admin.py startproject projname (or use python3) >> >> At this point you have the bones of the project into which you should be >> able to see where to copy the projname directories and files. After doing >> so ... >> >> * ~/envs/projname$ python manage.py runserver >> >> This will probably generate errors indicating which 3rd party packages >> need to be installed on the local machine. In theory when they are all >> installed you should be able to launch the software. >> | >> Good luck >> >> Mike >> >> >>> The file structure is something like this: >>> Project Name >>> app1 >>> app2 >>> app3 >>> app4 >>> app5 >>> models.py >>> forms.py >>> __init__.py >>> urls.py >>> views.py >>> admin.py >>> >>> >>> Each app contains the following: >>> models.py >>> forms.py >>> __init__.py >>> urls.py >>> views.py >>> admin.py >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:> <mailto: >>> [email protected] <javascript:>>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:> <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE6v7ocLOQh_HMxiu29%2Br3wLANJ2wjtesyjb79SXmFXpgb8jgw%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> < >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE6v7ocLOQh_HMxiu29%2Br3wLANJ2wjtesyjb79SXmFXpgb8jgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >>> >. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/f61e75cb-12f3-3fe8-e792-a5ce69f473c3%40dewhirst.com.au >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/97598bc5-d0c5-4c83-bda0-d3c6b2824fc2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
