Roger Shuttleworth wrote: > Hello > > Windows XP SP2. > > I am a Python novice. I downloaded an application called rtf2xml that > converts RTF files to XML. I have Python 2.4 installed, and updated my > path to include c:\python24. The application has the following folder > structure: > > rtf2xml-1.2 (contains setup.py, which I have installed using the python > setup.py install command) > rtf2xml (contains a bunch of .py files) > scripts (contains rtf2xml.py and a test file called hello_world.rtf) > > The documentation says that I should be in the command prompt window and > simply type: > rtf2xml hello_world.rtf > > I've tried this but I get various errors, such as: > rtf2xml is not recognized as an internal or external command... > python: can't open file...[errno 13] permission denied > > Please can someone tell me (i) what directory I have to be in, and (ii) > what the command line should be? I tried from various folders, with and > without "python" in front, but nothing works. > Some basic information that might help:
http://www.python.org/doc/faq/windows.html It sounds as though your instructions might be a git Unix-xentric. In the Windows environment a program ordinarily has to be something.py or something.pyw to be recognised as a Python program, whereas in Unix/Linux the interpreter is often identified by the "shebang" line (#!/usr/bin/python, or whatever). Get back to the list if none of hte FAQ advice helps. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.pycon.org _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
