Adam Morris wrote:
Could this be a problem with py2app, or is there something about the
run-time environment I've overlooked?
Would also be interested if there is a better way of checking to see
if a command line utility is currently located in the path for the
current user's system.
I think what you've done is correct -- i.e. it's not on the PATH for the
users system.
For the most part, the PATH for the command line is added to the shell
rc scripts, so if you are not running from a shell (i.e. from a py2app
bundle) you won't have the additional entries on PATH (like /usr/local/bin).
I'm pretty sure there is a way to edit a plist somewhere to add to the
PATH system (or user?) wide. However, if you're delivering an app
bundle, you probably don't want to require your users to do this.
I may misunderstand your use case, but I think you could specifically
search for the utility in places it might be expected to be found:
/usr/bin
/usr/local/bin
/sw/... (for fink)
/opt/... (for macports)
rather then expect it to be on the PATH.
-Chris
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