When I enter the suggested commands I get comprehensive details of python using 'help', however 'copyright' and others return 'command not found'
> python > Python 2.4.1 (#1, May 27 2005, 18:02:40) > [GCC 3.3.3 (cygwin special)] on cygwin > copyright sh: line 1: copyright: command not found > help GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) These shell commands are defined internally. Type `help' to see this list. Type `help name' to find out more about the function `name'. Use `info bash' to find out more about the shell in general. Use `man -k' or `info' to find out more about commands not in this list. Following is the result of the x = prompt... etc > copyright sh: line 1: copyright: command not found > x = raw_input('Prompt: ') > answer sh: line 1: answer: command not found > x = raw_input('Prompt: ') > Prompt: answer sh: line 1: Prompt:: command not found > print x sh: line 1: print: command not found I am a total newbie when it comes to linix and am learning as I go so I may not have fully understood your suggestion. I typed these into the command line in the webmin interface on my server. Still no luck..... Mike -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2005 7:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman Mike Wharton wrote: > >When I attempt to run /var/mailman/bin/newlist mailman to create the >newsite I get the following error... > >> /var/mailman/bin/newlist mailman >Enter the email of the person running the list: Traceback (most recent >call >last): > File "/var/mailman/bin/newlist", line 219, in ? > main() > File "/var/mailman/bin/newlist", line 139, in main > owner_mail = raw_input( >EOFError: EOF when reading a line > >Can anyone offer a suggestion as to what I might have missed? This error occurs because the Python raw_input() function received an end of file. Did you type control-D instead of an email address followed by <CR>? It doesn't look like it in the above, but is it possible that your shell has somehow redirected standard input to a file or /dev/null instead of the terminal? Can you successfully run the following: $ python Python 2.4.1 (#1, May 27 2005, 18:02:40) [GCC 3.3.3 (cygwin special)] on cygwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> x = raw_input('Prompt: ') Prompt: answer >>> print x answer >>> -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp