On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:27 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Suppose I have a python script in /usr1/myID/bin and I want to run it from
> another folder. If I enter
>
> python ~myID/bin/myscript
>
> that works. Is there a way to get by with
>
> python myscript
>
> or even
>
> myscript.py
>
> I've tried specifying the PYTHONPATH
> environmental variable but it seems to be used only for importing modules


it looks like you're on linux - so at the beginning of your script put
#!/usr/bin/env python (I believe) and then chmod +x myscript.py

then you can call it from the command line.

Alternatively you could create a shell script that would execute it with
python.

HTH,
Wayne
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