On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 22:58:53 +0100, "Michael M Mason" <mich...@altra-optics.co.uk> wrote: > I'm running Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own > directory to sys.path. > > The docs suggest that I can either add it to the PYTHONPATH environment > variable or to the PythonPath key in the registry. However, PYTHONPATH > doesn't exist, and updating the registry key has no effect > > So where does sys.path get its value from, and how do I change it?
The simplest hack (worst - but most direct) is that sys.path is a list and you can use it like any other list. (add, delete, change items in it) It gets loaded from site.py (in the standardard library) at startup. Anything else you'll have to ask somebody else. David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
