Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

Thanks to EVERYONE for the help! ( and Bart for his help/patience!)

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Jan 2, 4:59 am, Andre Terra  wrote:
> Use virtualenv:  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
>
> Cheers,
> AT
>
> I think I'll give that a try. Thanks for the help.
>
>

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Andre Terra]

Use virtualenv:  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv


Cheers,
AT

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Bart Nagel  wrote:

> At 2012-01-01 14:23:50 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> > On Jan 1, 4:44 am, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > > At 2012-01-01 01:12:27 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Dec 31 2011, 7:13 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > > > > When I run that I get
> > > > > 3 arguments: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
> > >
> > > > > Paste your own output.
> > >
> > > > I get the same as you:
> > >
> > > > C:\Python27\Scripts>python args.py startproject mysite
> > > > 3 arguements: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
> > >
> > > What's with the spelling error?
> >
> > LOL, well apparently I don't know how to spell 'argument'.
> >
> > However, I still got the same output as you (except for correct
> > spelling).
> >
> > What exactly were we (you) looking for in this test??
>
> I explained that in a previous post. Afraid I can't help you any
> further, though I'm glad you eventually got it working.
>
> --bart
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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2012-01-01 14:23:50 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> On Jan 1, 4:44 am, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > At 2012-01-01 01:12:27 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> >
> > > On Dec 31 2011, 7:13 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > > > When I run that I get
> > > > 3 arguments: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
> >
> > > > Paste your own output.
> >
> > > I get the same as you:
> >
> > > C:\Python27\Scripts>python args.py startproject mysite
> > > 3 arguements: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
> >
> > What's with the spelling error?
> 
> LOL, well apparently I don't know how to spell 'argument'.
> 
> However, I still got the same output as you (except for correct
> spelling).
> 
> What exactly were we (you) looking for in this test??

I explained that in a previous post. Afraid I can't help you any 
further, though I'm glad you eventually got it working.

--bart

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Jan 1, 4:44 am, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> At 2012-01-01 01:12:27 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
>
> > On Dec 31 2011, 7:13 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > > When I run that I get
> > > 3 arguments: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
>
> > > Paste your own output.
>
> > I get the same as you:
>
> > C:\Python27\Scripts>python args.py startproject mysite
> > 3 arguements: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
>
> What's with the spelling error?

LOL, well apparently I don't know how to spell 'argument'.

However, I still got the same output as you (except for correct
spelling).

What exactly were we (you) looking for in this test??

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2012-01-01 01:12:27 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> On Dec 31 2011, 7:13 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > When I run that I get
> >     3 arguments: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
> >
> > Paste your own output.
> 
> I get the same as you:
> 
> C:\Python27\Scripts>python args.py startproject mysite
> 3 arguements: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']

What's with the spelling error?

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31 2011, 7:13 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> At 2011-12-31 16:00:44 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
>
> > On Dec 31, 6:48 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > > Does this little script tell you correctly the number of arguments you
> > > pass to it?
>
> > Yes, it tells me the number of args.
>
> Okay, in that case the arguments should also be getting to the
> django-admin script. To give you the help message it must not be able
> to read the "startproject" argument, since the name of the project
> shouldn't matter to it. Perhaps something bad is happening to it,
> possibly due to the registry stuff you folks were talking about
> earlier, or some other Windows sorcery.
>
> Change args.py a little to this:
>
> import sys
> print "%d arguments: %s" % (len(sys.argv), sys.argv)
>
> And now run it with the arguments you were trying to give to
> django-admin:
>     python args.py startproject mysite
>
> When I run that I get
>     3 arguments: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']
>
> Paste your own output.
>
> --bart

I get the same as you:

C:\Python27\Scripts>python args.py startproject mysite
3 arguements: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Timothy Makobu]

+1

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Bart Nagel  wrote:

> At 2011-12-31 18:56:14 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> > Ok I've had a breakthrough (I guess,lol). I started a command prompt
> > from my Python Scripts folder (C:\Python27\Scripts\), typed in "Python
> > django-admin.py startproject mysite", and it worked!! I now have the
> > "mysite" folder with appropriate subfolders (__init__.py,
> > manage.py,settings.py,urls.py).
>
> It still doesn't make sense that it wasn't working before. Did you try
> the modified args.py script I sent you?
>
> > Is this working correctly?? Should I have to create Projects in the
> > Python Scripts Folder?? Should it work from another (any misc dir)
> > dir??
>
> If Python itself and the django-admin.py script were being found
> properly (and they were when you were getting the help message), yes,
> you should be able to do that from any directory.
>
> > And, can I leave it in the Scripts Folder or should I move it?? If I
> > do move it, will that cause other problems??
>
> You should probably move it. It should work anywhere, again, as long
> as it can find Python properly.
>
> --bart
>
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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2011-12-31 18:56:14 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> Ok I've had a breakthrough (I guess,lol). I started a command prompt
> from my Python Scripts folder (C:\Python27\Scripts\), typed in "Python
> django-admin.py startproject mysite", and it worked!! I now have the
> "mysite" folder with appropriate subfolders (__init__.py,
> manage.py,settings.py,urls.py).

It still doesn't make sense that it wasn't working before. Did you try 
the modified args.py script I sent you?

> Is this working correctly?? Should I have to create Projects in the
> Python Scripts Folder?? Should it work from another (any misc dir)
> dir??

If Python itself and the django-admin.py script were being found 
properly (and they were when you were getting the help message), yes, 
you should be able to do that from any directory.

> And, can I leave it in the Scripts Folder or should I move it?? If I
> do move it, will that cause other problems??

You should probably move it. It should work anywhere, again, as long 
as it can find Python properly.

--bart

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2011-12-31 18:47:13 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance, but if that's the way it's supposed to work
> (script must be in current dir) then how would Python know to run
> django-admin.py if I'm NOT in the same directory it is
> (Python27\Scripts\)??? In other words, the tutorial says to create a
> mysite dir somewhere, NOT in the Python27\Scripts dir. So how would it
> work then if  Python27\Scripts\ isn't my current working dir (ie:
> mysite isn't in the Scripts dir)??

Three options:

Either you run
python C:\path\to\django-admin.py startproject mysite
from whatever directory you want, to run an arbitrary Python script 
anywhere on your machine.

Or, with other scripts, from the directory where the Python script is, 
you can generally do
python some-script.py C:\path\to\some\target
depending how the script itself is set up -- the django-admin.py 
doesn't let you do this, it wants only to create a project in the 
current directory.

Or (what you're encouraged to do in this case) the django-admin.py 
script is set up somewhere in your lookup PATH. The lookup PATH is the 
list of directories in which commands live, and so when asked to run a 
particular command the shell looks in those directories and if it 
finds the command you wanted runs it, no matter where you are. To get 
the django-admin.py script in the PATH so you can run it from anywhere 
without a full path either you install the script to a directory which 
is already in your PATH (I think on Windows C:\windows\system32 is one 
such directory) or the Django directory containing the script is added 
to your PATH.

There might have been instructions to do that when you installed 
Django, or perhaps it was done as part of an installation script.

The fact that this path exists is the reason you can run commands like 
"python" itself from anywhere, if it's set up properly.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

>
> No, that's not wrong, that's how it should be. The python interpreter
> is in your path, but you're telling the interpreter which file to run.
> If you tell it to run a file args.py and there is no such file in the
> current directory, it's correct to give you an error message.
>
> Does this little script tell you correctly the number of arguments you
> pass to it?
>
> --bart

Ok I've had a breakthrough (I guess,lol). I started a command prompt
from my Python Scripts folder (C:\Python27\Scripts\), typed in "Python
django-admin.py startproject mysite", and it worked!! I now have the
"mysite" folder with appropriate subfolders (__init__.py,
manage.py,settings.py,urls.py).

Is this working correctly?? Should I have to create Projects in the
Python Scripts Folder?? Should it work from another (any misc dir)
dir??

And, can I leave it in the Scripts Folder or should I move it?? If I
do move it, will that cause other problems??

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 7:00 pm, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:
> On Dec 31, 6:48 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > At 2011-12-31 15:43:36 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
>
> > > Ok, I CAN start the Python Interpreter from the command line by just
> > > typing "python" then "enter".
>
> > > I saved the file "args.py" in the Python Scripts folder. When I try to
> > > run it from command prompt, I get the message  "python: can't open
> > > file 'args.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory".
>
> > > The only way I CAN get it to open, is to change (cd into) into the
> > > python scripts folder (where I saved args.py) then run it (type
> > > "python args.py" in command prompt). So, obviously something is wrong.
>
> > No, that's not wrong, that's how it should be. The python interpreter
> > is in your path, but you're telling the interpreter which file to run.
> > If you tell it to run a file args.py and there is no such file in the
> > current directory, it's correct to give you an error message.
>
> > Does this little script tell you correctly the number of arguments you
> > pass to it?
>
> > --bart
>
> Yes, it tells me the number of args.
>
> BTW, thanks for the patience.

Forgive my ignorance, but if that's the way it's supposed to work
(script must be in current dir) then how would Python know to run
django-admin.py if I'm NOT in the same directory it is
(Python27\Scripts\)??? In other words, the tutorial says to create a
mysite dir somewhere, NOT in the Python27\Scripts dir. So how would it
work then if  Python27\Scripts\ isn't my current working dir (ie:
mysite isn't in the Scripts dir)??

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2011-12-31 16:00:44 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> On Dec 31, 6:48 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > Does this little script tell you correctly the number of arguments you
> > pass to it?
> 
> Yes, it tells me the number of args.

Okay, in that case the arguments should also be getting to the 
django-admin script. To give you the help message it must not be able 
to read the "startproject" argument, since the name of the project 
shouldn't matter to it. Perhaps something bad is happening to it, 
possibly due to the registry stuff you folks were talking about 
earlier, or some other Windows sorcery.

Change args.py a little to this:

import sys
print "%d arguments: %s" % (len(sys.argv), sys.argv)

And now run it with the arguments you were trying to give to 
django-admin:
python args.py startproject mysite

When I run that I get
3 arguments: ['args.py', 'startproject', 'mysite']

Paste your own output.

--bart

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 6:48 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> At 2011-12-31 15:43:36 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
>
> > Ok, I CAN start the Python Interpreter from the command line by just
> > typing "python" then "enter".
>
> > I saved the file "args.py" in the Python Scripts folder. When I try to
> > run it from command prompt, I get the message  "python: can't open
> > file 'args.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory".
>
> > The only way I CAN get it to open, is to change (cd into) into the
> > python scripts folder (where I saved args.py) then run it (type
> > "python args.py" in command prompt). So, obviously something is wrong.
>
> No, that's not wrong, that's how it should be. The python interpreter
> is in your path, but you're telling the interpreter which file to run.
> If you tell it to run a file args.py and there is no such file in the
> current directory, it's correct to give you an error message.
>
> Does this little script tell you correctly the number of arguments you
> pass to it?
>
> --bart

Yes, it tells me the number of args.

BTW, thanks for the patience.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 6:48 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> At 2011-12-31 15:43:36 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
>
> > Ok, I CAN start the Python Interpreter from the command line by just
> > typing "python" then "enter".
>
> > I saved the file "args.py" in the Python Scripts folder. When I try to
> > run it from command prompt, I get the message  "python: can't open
> > file 'args.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory".
>
> > The only way I CAN get it to open, is to change (cd into) into the
> > python scripts folder (where I saved args.py) then run it (type
> > "python args.py" in command prompt). So, obviously something is wrong.
>
> No, that's not wrong, that's how it should be. The python interpreter
> is in your path, but you're telling the interpreter which file to run.
> If you tell it to run a file args.py and there is no such file in the
> current directory, it's correct to give you an error message.
>
> Does this little script tell you correctly the number of arguments you
> pass to it?
>
> --bart

Yes, it tells me the number of args.

BTW, thanks for the patience.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2011-12-31 15:43:36 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> Ok, I CAN start the Python Interpreter from the command line by just
> typing "python" then "enter".
> 
> I saved the file "args.py" in the Python Scripts folder. When I try to
> run it from command prompt, I get the message  "python: can't open
> file 'args.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory".
> 
> The only way I CAN get it to open, is to change (cd into) into the
> python scripts folder (where I saved args.py) then run it (type
> "python args.py" in command prompt). So, obviously something is wrong.

No, that's not wrong, that's how it should be. The python interpreter 
is in your path, but you're telling the interpreter which file to run. 
If you tell it to run a file args.py and there is no such file in the 
current directory, it's correct to give you an error message.

Does this little script tell you correctly the number of arguments you 
pass to it?

--bart

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 6:18 pm, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> At 2011-12-31 15:01:39 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Dec 31, 11:58 am, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > > What about other Python programs? Do they have the same problem?
>
> > > Put this next paragraph in a file and run it with different numbers of
> > > arguments and see what happens.
>
> > > import sys
> > > print "%d arguments" % len(sys.argv)
>
> > > Save it as args.py
>
> > > Run
> > > python args.py
> > > python args.py arg1
> > > python args.py arg1 arg2
>
> > As far as other programs, I'm not sure. I'm not a programmer (just
> > learned Python over the last few months) so I haven't tried any other
> > programs yet.
>
> > Ok, so save the paragraph in a file, then run the commands from the
> > command line EXACTLY as you have them? In other words, from command
> > line, type in Python args.py, then python args.py arg1, and python
> > args.py arg 2??
>
> > Forgive my ignorance, working from the command line with this stuff is
> > new to me. And I've never understood exactly what command line args
> > are. . .But I'm learning.
>
> The command line is the dream, you'll come to love it. Well, maybe not
> the Windows one.
>
> I guess first up just run
>     python
> and see if you get the interactive Python shell. Or maybe you need
>     python.exe
> since you're on Windows? Anyway, if you get the shell, the python
> executable is in your path and works to at least some extent. If you
> don't get the shell, and you get "command not found" or something (I
> don't have a Windows box so I don't know exactly what it would look
> like) you may need to use the full path to the executable, as people
> before have suggested.
>
> So those two lines ("import..." and "print...") make a very simple
> Python script which just outputs the number of arguments it thinks it
> was given.
>
> Invoke the script with Python just as you're meant to do for the
> Django script. On linux I just run
>     python args.py
> and it tells me "1 arguments". If I run
>     python args.py something
> it tells me "2 arguments" and so on.
>
> What behaviour do you get?
>
> The point of this is that if this python script can see the arguments
> then I can see absolutely no reason why your django-admin.py script
> would not see them, and I would be stumped.
>
> --bart

Ok, I CAN start the Python Interpreter from the command line by just
typing "python" then "enter".

I saved the file "args.py" in the Python Scripts folder. When I try to
run it from command prompt, I get the message  "python: can't open
file 'args.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory".

The only way I CAN get it to open, is to change (cd into) into the
python scripts folder (where I saved args.py) then run it (type
"python args.py" in command prompt). So, obviously something is wrong.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2011-12-31 15:01:39 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> On Dec 31, 11:58 am, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> > What about other Python programs? Do they have the same problem?
> >
> > Put this next paragraph in a file and run it with different numbers of
> > arguments and see what happens.
> >
> > import sys
> > print "%d arguments" % len(sys.argv)
> >
> > Save it as args.py
> >
> > Run
> >     python args.py
> >     python args.py arg1
> >     python args.py arg1 arg2
> 
> As far as other programs, I'm not sure. I'm not a programmer (just
> learned Python over the last few months) so I haven't tried any other
> programs yet.
> 
> Ok, so save the paragraph in a file, then run the commands from the
> command line EXACTLY as you have them? In other words, from command
> line, type in Python args.py, then python args.py arg1, and python
> args.py arg 2??
> 
> Forgive my ignorance, working from the command line with this stuff is
> new to me. And I've never understood exactly what command line args
> are. . .But I'm learning.

The command line is the dream, you'll come to love it. Well, maybe not 
the Windows one.

I guess first up just run
python
and see if you get the interactive Python shell. Or maybe you need
python.exe
since you're on Windows? Anyway, if you get the shell, the python 
executable is in your path and works to at least some extent. If you 
don't get the shell, and you get "command not found" or something (I 
don't have a Windows box so I don't know exactly what it would look 
like) you may need to use the full path to the executable, as people 
before have suggested.

So those two lines ("import..." and "print...") make a very simple 
Python script which just outputs the number of arguments it thinks it 
was given.

Invoke the script with Python just as you're meant to do for the 
Django script. On linux I just run
python args.py
and it tells me "1 arguments". If I run
python args.py something
it tells me "2 arguments" and so on.

What behaviour do you get?

The point of this is that if this python script can see the arguments 
then I can see absolutely no reason why your django-admin.py script 
would not see them, and I would be stumped.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 12:38 pm, Ramiro Morales  wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:
>
> >>   C:\python27\python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>
> >> or, if you have C:\python27 in the PATH, simply:
>
> >>   python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>
> > Thanks for the reply, however it didn't work. I get the exact same
> > thing: "Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" with
> > options below for help.
>
> Try both, I think both of them should work.
>
> BUT, that isn't the important part. The important part is abut you should
> make sure you execute it with the Python interpreter.
>
> Forget about trying to simple invoke django-admin (or django-admin.py)
> as a standalone program.
>
> Good luck.
>
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Thanks Ramiro. . .I don't think you saw my other reply to your
original post about trying this. . .

I'll ask again. I'm not sure exactly what path to use, when you say
\path\to. The directory I created is called "mysite" & it's path is C:
\mysite\.I started a command prompt from "mysite" then typed "python
django-admin.py startproject mysite" in the command prompt (didn't
work).

Forgive my ignorance, is this what you wanted me to try??

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 11:58 am, Bart Nagel  wrote:
> At 2011-12-31 19:47:35 +0300, Timothy Makobu wrote:
>
> > File associations are fine i reckon, because django-admin is giving you the
> > help message because for some reason it thinks you're *giving it improper
> > input*.
>
> What about other Python programs? Do they have the same problem?
>
> Put this next paragraph in a file and run it with different numbers of
> arguments and see what happens.
>
> import sys
> print "%d arguments" % len(sys.argv)
>
> Save it as args.py
>
> Run
>     python args.py
>     python args.py arg1
>     python args.py arg1 arg2

As far as other programs, I'm not sure. I'm not a programmer (just
learned Python over the last few months) so I haven't tried any other
programs yet.

Ok, so save the paragraph in a file, then run the commands from the
command line EXACTLY as you have them? In other words, from command
line, type in Python args.py, then python args.py arg1, and python
args.py arg 2??

Forgive my ignorance, working from the command line with this stuff is
new to me. And I've never understood exactly what command line args
are. . .But I'm learning.

And THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP!!!

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 11:47 am, Timothy Makobu 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> File associations are fine i reckon, because django-admin is giving you the
> help message because for some reason it thinks you're *giving it improper
> input*.
>
>So, you're saying you don't believe this is the problem (File Associations)?? 
>I don't think it is either, but I thought it was worth a try. It was in a 
>Stack Overflow question about Python (Windows) not accepting command line args.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 12:13 pm, Andre Terra  wrote:
> This has been answered before:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/9d53...
>
> Cheers,
> AT
>
>
> Yes, I saw that thread, and I tried changing my registry as suggested. And 
> the other 'work around'. Neither worked.
>
>
>
>

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Ramiro Morales]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:
>>
>>   C:\python27\python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>>
>> or, if you have C:\python27 in the PATH, simply:
>>
>>   python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply, however it didn't work. I get the exact same
> thing: "Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" with
> options below for help.
>

Try both, I think both of them should work.

BUT, that isn't the important part. The important part is abut you should
make sure you execute it with the Python interpreter.

Forget about trying to simple invoke django-admin (or django-admin.py)
as a standalone program.

Good luck.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Andre Terra]

This has been answered before:

http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/9d5352d7921e0eb4?hl=en#



Cheers,
AT

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Bart Nagel  wrote:

> At 2011-12-31 19:47:35 +0300, Timothy Makobu wrote:
> > File associations are fine i reckon, because django-admin is giving you
> the
> > help message because for some reason it thinks you're *giving it improper
> > input*.
>
> What about other Python programs? Do they have the same problem?
>
> Put this next paragraph in a file and run it with different numbers of
> arguments and see what happens.
>
> import sys
> print "%d arguments" % len(sys.argv)
>
> Save it as args.py
>
> Run
>python args.py
>python args.py arg1
>python args.py arg1 arg2
>
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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2011-12-31 19:47:35 +0300, Timothy Makobu wrote:
> File associations are fine i reckon, because django-admin is giving you the
> help message because for some reason it thinks you're *giving it improper
> input*.

What about other Python programs? Do they have the same problem?

Put this next paragraph in a file and run it with different numbers of 
arguments and see what happens.

import sys
print "%d arguments" % len(sys.argv)

Save it as args.py

Run
python args.py
python args.py arg1
python args.py arg1 arg2

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Timothy Makobu]

Hi,

File associations are fine i reckon, because django-admin is giving you the
help message because for some reason it thinks you're *giving it improper
input*.

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:

> While looking for a solution, I found someone with a similar problem.
> he thought there was a problem with the way Python Files are
> associated. So I did what was suggested on the command line, using
> "assoc.py" and ftype Python.File. What I got back is listed below. I
> don't think this is right according to what the message said.
> According to him, it should've returned ".py=Python.File" and
> "Python.File="C:\Python25\python.exe" "%1" %*". . .Obviously mine was
> different. Any suggestions???
>
>
>
>
> C:\>assoc .py
> .py=py_auto_file
>
> C:\>ftype python.file
> File type 'python.file' not found or no open command associated with
> it.
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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Bart Nagel]

At 2011-12-31 08:40:26 -0800, Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> While looking for a solution, I found someone with a similar problem.
> he thought there was a problem with the way Python Files are
> associated. So I did what was suggested on the command line, using
> "assoc.py" and ftype Python.File. What I got back is listed below. I
> don't think this is right according to what the message said.
> According to him, it should've returned ".py=Python.File" and
> "Python.File="C:\Python25\python.exe" "%1" %*". . .Obviously mine was
> different. Any suggestions???
> 
> 
> 
> 
> C:\>assoc .py
> .py=py_auto_file
> 
> C:\>ftype python.file
> File type 'python.file' not found or no open command associated with
> it.

Try
ftype py_auto_file

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

While looking for a solution, I found someone with a similar problem.
he thought there was a problem with the way Python Files are
associated. So I did what was suggested on the command line, using
"assoc.py" and ftype Python.File. What I got back is listed below. I
don't think this is right according to what the message said.
According to him, it should've returned ".py=Python.File" and
"Python.File="C:\Python25\python.exe" "%1" %*". . .Obviously mine was
different. Any suggestions???




C:\>assoc .py
.py=py_auto_file

C:\>ftype python.file
File type 'python.file' not found or no open command associated with
it.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 31, 10:19 am, Dennis Lee Bieber  wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:36:32 -0800 (PST), Chris Kavanagh
>
>  wrote:
> >> I'm not sure you'll be able to see the screenshot at the link, it's very 
> >> small. So, here's a copy/paste of it from my command prompt:
>
> >C:\Documents and Settings\mysite>django-admin.py startproject mysite
>
>         Have you tried that while explicitly specifying the Python
> interpreter on the line?
>
>         I seem to recall that Windows has some problem passing command line
> arguments when the first item (the "program") isn't directly executable.
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2640971/windows-is-not-passing-com...http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7860872/run-python-scripts-from-wi...
>
> (or for the full google 
> list;http://www.google.com/search?q=windows%20python%20command%20line%20ar...
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Thanks for the reply Dennis. . .Yeah, I have tried that, LOL. Several
different ways actually. From what I can tell, it seems to solve this
problem for MOST people, but NOT me, lol.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 30, 8:10 am, Ramiro Morales  wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:
> > Hi, I'm using WinXP, Python27, django 1.3.1.
>
> > When I try django-admin.py startproject mysite, I get a "Usage django-
> > admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" listing of commands instead of
> > starting the project in mysite folder. . .I've tried every workaround
> > I've found on Google & on this site. I've put C:\Python27\Lib\site-
> > packages\django\bin in my Env Variable Path, I've changed the registry
> > setting HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python.exe\shell\open\command
> > to PYDIR\\python.exe" "%1" %*. I've typed in the full path in the
> > command line (python django-admin.py startproject mysite) & nothing
> > works. And yes, I set it up using python setup.py install.
>
> > Any suggestions or other work arounds??? I'm at my wits end!!! Thanks
> > for any help.
>
> The safest, OS-independent and interpreted language-independent way to
> get a script like django-admin to run is to simple use:
>
>   path\to\the\interpreter\binary path\to\the\script
>
> In your case it could be:
>
>   C:\python27\python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>
> or, if you have C:\python27 in the PATH, simply:
>
>   python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>
> This is particularly true and useful in platforms like Windows where
> there is no robust/official way to associate a scripting language source
> code file to signal the OS which interpreter binary should process and
> execute it (like the #!/path/to/python line in Unix).
>
> There are a handful of third party solution and tricks (like the ones
> you tried) but from the number of times this topic appears in mailing
> lists IMHO it is evident they only muddle the landscape and/or break
> things.
>
> Regards,
>
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Thanks again for the help Ramiro. . .When you say "C:\path\to\django-
admin startproject foo", I'm not quite sure which path you're
referring to. Do you mean "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django
\bin" ??? This is where the django-admin script is located (also
located in Python Scripts Folder). BTW, I have my Python Path set in
Environment Variables along with the path to where django-admin.py is
located " C:\Python27;C:\Python27\scripts;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages
\django\bin"

So, if you could help a moron like me out, and tell me exactly which
path you're referring to when you say "C:\path\to\django-admin
startproject foo" I'll give it a try.

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 30, 3:43 pm, Timothy Makobu 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you can, upload a screenshot of the command prompt with the commands
> entered herehttps://droplr.comand send us the link.
>
> I'm not sure you'll be able to see the screenshot at the link, it's very 
> small. So, here's a copy/paste of it from my command prompt:




C:\Documents and Settings\mysite>django-admin.py startproject mysite
Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]

Options:
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal
output,
2=all output
  --settings=SETTINGS   The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
"myproject.settings.main". If this isn't
provided, the
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable
will be
used.
  --pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
"/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
  --traceback   Print traceback on exception
  --version show program's version number and exit
  -h, --helpshow this help message and exit

Type 'django-admin.py help ' for help on a specific
subcommand.

Available subcommands:
  cleanup
  compilemessages
  createcachetable
  dbshell
  diffsettings
  dumpdata
  flush
  inspectdb
  loaddata
  makemessages
  reset
  runfcgi
  runserver
  shell
  sql
  sqlall
  sqlclear
  sqlcustom
  sqlflush
  sqlindexes
  sqlinitialdata
  sqlreset
  sqlsequencereset
  startapp
  startproject
  syncdb
  test
  testserver
  validate
>
>
>
>
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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

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On Dec 30, 3:43 pm, Timothy Makobu 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you can, upload a screenshot of the command prompt with the commands
> entered herehttps://droplr.comand send us the link.
>
> Certainly, thanks.

https://droplr.com/images

>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Timothy Makobu]

Hi,

If you can, upload a screenshot of the command prompt with the commands
entered here https://droplr.com and send us the link.

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:

>
>
> On Dec 30, 9:42 am, Kev Dwyer  wrote:
> > Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> > > Hi, I'm using WinXP, Python27, django 1.3.1.
> >
> > > When I try django-admin.py startproject mysite, I get a "Usage django-
> > > admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" listing of commands instead of
> > > starting the project in mysite folder. . .I've tried every workaround
> > > I've found on Google & on this site. I've put C:\Python27\Lib\site-
> > > packages\django\bin in my Env Variable Path, I've changed the registry
> > > setting HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python.exe\shell\open\command
> > > to PYDIR\\python.exe" "%1" %*. I've typed in the full path in the
> > > command line (python django-admin.py startproject mysite) & nothing
> > > works. And yes, I set it up using python setup.py install.
> >
> > > Any suggestions or other work arounds??? I'm at my wits end!!! Thanks
> > > for any help.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > If you're seeing the usage message then python is able to find and
> execute
> > the django-admin.py script, but the script doesn't like the input that
> you
> > are providing.
> >
> > Can you provide a paste of what you enter in the command prompt, and the
> > output that you receive?
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> Thanks for the help. . .I created a directory named "mysite" then
> opened a command prompt from the "mysite" directory. In the prompt I
> put "django-admin.py startproject mysite". The output i get is
> lengthy, but here it is. . .
>
> Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]
>
> Options:
>  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
>Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal
> out
>2=all output
>  --settings=SETTINGS   The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
>"myproject.settings.main". If this isn't
> provid
>DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable
> wil
>used.
>  --pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
>A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
>"/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
>  --traceback   Print traceback on exception
>  --version show program's version number and exit
>  -h, --helpshow this help message and exit
>
> Type 'django-admin.py help ' for help on a specific
> subcomm
>
> Available subcommands:
>  cleanup
>  compilemessages
>  createcachetable
>  dbshell
>  diffsettings
>  dumpdata
>  flush
>  inspectdb
>  loaddata
>  makemessages
>  reset
>  runfcgi
>  runserver
>  shell
>  sql
>  sqlall
>  sqlclear
>  sqlcustom
>  sqlflush
>  sqlindexes
>  sqlinitialdata
>  sqlreset
>  sqlsequencereset
>  startapp
>  startproject
>  syncdb
>  test
>  testserver
>  validate
>
>
> And that's it. Thanks again for the help. . .Cheers
>
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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 30, 9:42 am, Kev Dwyer  wrote:
> Chris Kavanagh wrote:
> > Hi, I'm using WinXP, Python27, django 1.3.1.
>
> > When I try django-admin.py startproject mysite, I get a "Usage django-
> > admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" listing of commands instead of
> > starting the project in mysite folder. . .I've tried every workaround
> > I've found on Google & on this site. I've put C:\Python27\Lib\site-
> > packages\django\bin in my Env Variable Path, I've changed the registry
> > setting HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python.exe\shell\open\command
> > to PYDIR\\python.exe" "%1" %*. I've typed in the full path in the
> > command line (python django-admin.py startproject mysite) & nothing
> > works. And yes, I set it up using python setup.py install.
>
> > Any suggestions or other work arounds??? I'm at my wits end!!! Thanks
> > for any help.
>
> Hello,
>
> If you're seeing the usage message then python is able to find and execute
> the django-admin.py script, but the script doesn't like the input that you
> are providing.
>
> Can you provide a paste of what you enter in the command prompt, and the
> output that you receive?
>
> Cheers,

Thanks for the help. . .I created a directory named "mysite" then
opened a command prompt from the "mysite" directory. In the prompt I
put "django-admin.py startproject mysite". The output i get is
lengthy, but here it is. . .

Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]

Options:
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal
out
2=all output
  --settings=SETTINGS   The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
"myproject.settings.main". If this isn't
provid
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable
wil
used.
  --pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
"/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
  --traceback   Print traceback on exception
  --version show program's version number and exit
  -h, --helpshow this help message and exit

Type 'django-admin.py help ' for help on a specific
subcomm

Available subcommands:
  cleanup
  compilemessages
  createcachetable
  dbshell
  diffsettings
  dumpdata
  flush
  inspectdb
  loaddata
  makemessages
  reset
  runfcgi
  runserver
  shell
  sql
  sqlall
  sqlclear
  sqlcustom
  sqlflush
  sqlindexes
  sqlinitialdata
  sqlreset
  sqlsequencereset
  startapp
  startproject
  syncdb
  test
  testserver
  validate


And that's it. Thanks again for the help. . .Cheers


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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

On Dec 30, 8:10 am, Ramiro Morales  wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:
> > Hi, I'm using WinXP, Python27, django 1.3.1.
>
> > When I try django-admin.py startproject mysite, I get a "Usage django-
> > admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" listing of commands instead of
> > starting the project in mysite folder. . .I've tried every workaround
> > I've found on Google & on this site. I've put C:\Python27\Lib\site-
> > packages\django\bin in my Env Variable Path, I've changed the registry
> > setting HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python.exe\shell\open\command
> > to PYDIR\\python.exe" "%1" %*. I've typed in the full path in the
> > command line (python django-admin.py startproject mysite) & nothing
> > works. And yes, I set it up using python setup.py install.
>
> > Any suggestions or other work arounds??? I'm at my wits end!!! Thanks
> > for any help.
>
> The safest, OS-independent and interpreted language-independent way to
> get a script like django-admin to run is to simple use:
>
>   path\to\the\interpreter\binary path\to\the\script
>
> In your case it could be:
>
>   C:\python27\python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>
> or, if you have C:\python27 in the PATH, simply:
>
>   python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo
>
> This is particularly true and useful in platforms like Windows where
> there is no robust/official way to associate a scripting language source
> code file to signal the OS which interpreter binary should process and
> execute it (like the #!/path/to/python line in Unix).
>
> There are a handful of third party solution and tricks (like the ones
> you tried) but from the number of times this topic appears in mailing
> lists IMHO it is evident they only muddle the landscape and/or break
> things.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Ramiro Morales

Thanks for the reply, however it didn't work. I get the exact same
thing: "Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" with
options below for help.


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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Kev Dwyer]

Chris Kavanagh wrote:

> Hi, I'm using WinXP, Python27, django 1.3.1.
> 
> When I try django-admin.py startproject mysite, I get a "Usage django-
> admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" listing of commands instead of
> starting the project in mysite folder. . .I've tried every workaround
> I've found on Google & on this site. I've put C:\Python27\Lib\site-
> packages\django\bin in my Env Variable Path, I've changed the registry
> setting HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python.exe\shell\open\command
> to PYDIR\\python.exe" "%1" %*. I've typed in the full path in the
> command line (python django-admin.py startproject mysite) & nothing
> works. And yes, I set it up using python setup.py install.
> 
> Any suggestions or other work arounds??? I'm at my wits end!!! Thanks
> for any help.
> 

Hello,

If you're seeing the usage message then python is able to find and execute
the django-admin.py script, but the script doesn't like the input that you
are providing.

Can you provide a paste of what you enter in the command prompt, and the
output that you receive?

Cheers,

Kev

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Re: django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Ramiro Morales]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Chris Kavanagh  wrote:
> Hi, I'm using WinXP, Python27, django 1.3.1.
>
> When I try django-admin.py startproject mysite, I get a "Usage django-
> admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" listing of commands instead of
> starting the project in mysite folder. . .I've tried every workaround
> I've found on Google & on this site. I've put C:\Python27\Lib\site-
> packages\django\bin in my Env Variable Path, I've changed the registry
> setting HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python.exe\shell\open\command
> to PYDIR\\python.exe" "%1" %*. I've typed in the full path in the
> command line (python django-admin.py startproject mysite) & nothing
> works. And yes, I set it up using python setup.py install.
>
> Any suggestions or other work arounds??? I'm at my wits end!!! Thanks
> for any help.

The safest, OS-independent and interpreted language-independent way to
get a script like django-admin to run is to simple use:

  path\to\the\interpreter\binary path\to\the\script

In your case it could be:

  C:\python27\python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo

or, if you have C:\python27 in the PATH, simply:

  python C:\path\to\django-admin startproject foo

This is particularly true and useful in platforms like Windows where
there is no robust/official way to associate a scripting language source
code file to signal the OS which interpreter binary should process and
execute it (like the #!/path/to/python line in Unix).

There are a handful of third party solution and tricks (like the ones
you tried) but from the number of times this topic appears in mailing
lists IMHO it is evident they only muddle the landscape and/or break
things.

Regards,

-- 
Ramiro Morales

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django-admin.py startproject will NOT work.

[Chris Kavanagh]

Hi, I'm using WinXP, Python27, django 1.3.1.

When I try django-admin.py startproject mysite, I get a "Usage django-
admin.py subcommand [options] [args]" listing of commands instead of
starting the project in mysite folder. . .I've tried every workaround
I've found on Google & on this site. I've put C:\Python27\Lib\site-
packages\django\bin in my Env Variable Path, I've changed the registry
setting HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python.exe\shell\open\command
to PYDIR\\python.exe" "%1" %*. I've typed in the full path in the
command line (python django-admin.py startproject mysite) & nothing
works. And yes, I set it up using python setup.py install.

Any suggestions or other work arounds??? I'm at my wits end!!! Thanks
for any help.

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