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

On Dec 30, 8:10 am, Ramiro Morales <cra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Chris Kavanagh <cka...@gmail.com> 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 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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