*Hi Janika,* * * *It sounds like you may be running the command from the Python command prompt.* * * *The appcfg.py command is designed to be run from a normal Windows commnand prompt (cmd.exe).* * * *The syntax is indeed used without the angle brackets;* appcfg.py download_app -A *apageaboutturtles -V 1 c:\users\me\desktop\source_folder* * **Regards,* * * *Julie* * * On 24 October 2012 16:10, Janika Humphries <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi people, I know this is somewhat of a controversial topic, but being the > brand new developer that I am, I've lost my source code and have no backups > of it. > > I'd like to use the Python SDK command line tool to download it, but > running appcfg.py download_app -A *<apageaboutturtles>* -V > *<1>*<C:\users\*****\desktop> > gives syntax errors > > I have tried removing the brackets, and I've also tried some of the other > commands in the help page, which all also return syntax errors. The little > syntax error arrow (it looks like ^) appears under the last letter of > download_app. Does that shed any light on the problem? > > Whether I recover my data or not I will be taking a lesson from this, and > have signed up for dropbox! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/FhkRsV775CkJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
