You could run an initialization script in python straight off the bat that would reconfigure sys.path as you need for the python25 interpreter to work prior to doing any imports. Look up how sitecustomize.py works, too. That may help.
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Geoff Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are you running Maya 2011? If so, you probably need to specify some >> environment information to the python25 interpreter. When Maya starts up it >> does some manipulation to sys.path and some other environment info. You are >> probably calling the python25 interpreter, but inheriting the python26 >> configuration established by Maya. > > > Correct -- I'm running Maya 2011. > > You could test this easily enough by creating your own python script an >> calling it in place of the one you want to run now. You could do something >> like: >> >> import sys, os >> FILE = open( "C:/temp/python_environ_data.txt", 'w') >> FILE.write('sys.path:\n') >> FILE.write( '\n'.join(sys.path) ) >> >> for var in os.environ.keys(): >> FILE.write( "%s=%s\n"%(var, os.environ[var])) >> >> FILE.close() >> >> >> That code might not do exactly what you want (I didn't run it), but it >> should get you pretty close. >> > > Maybe running a tcsh/bash script to a) set the environment then b) run the > script? > > I'll give it a try. > > It's just odd that I can do this type of stuff outside of Maya 2011, just > not *IN* it ... > > Thanks! > > hoaf > > ps -- I tried monkeying around with the optional "env" argument on > subprocess, but didn't have much luck: > > import os, subprocess > myEnv = os.environ.copy() > > ## Environment modifications here: > myEnv.update(PYTHONPATH=<something>) > subprocess.subprocess(myCmd, env=myEnv, [options here]).communicate() > > [..] > > An intermediary script sounds better, though. :^) > > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Geoff Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> Long time listener, first time caller. >> >> I've run into a situation where I need to launch gather some data from >> a python script. >> >> The script I need to run happens to be long, complicated, and requires >> python2.5. >> >> Thing is, when I launch it via subprocess from a python script inside >> of Maya, I get a bunch of incompatibility errors, starting with the >> inability to import the os module. >> >> Running the same scenario outside of Maya (ie, launching the python2.5 >> script inside a python2.6 shell) works just swell. >> >> Any ideas on how to do this? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> -- >> http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya >> > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
