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I don't have a py command on my system; for purposes of this answer I assume it's an alias to the python executable. Running a script from a file is not quite the same as importing it. A script giv...
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ajv
·
2020-08-11T01:44:22Z (over 4 years ago)
- I don't have a `py` command on my system; for purposes of this answer I assume it's an alias to the python executable.
- Running a script from a file is not quite the same as importing it. A script given on the command line doesn't know it's a package (`__package__` is not set). That's why relative imports don't work.
- What you probably want is to run it by module path, not filename. Assuming your top-level project directory is named `yourapp`:
- ```
- python3 -m yourapp.app
- ```
Run this from somewhere that `yourapp` is importable. Unless you've done something odd with PYTHONPATH, the parent of your top-level project directory should work.- (even better would be to make a setup.py and use it to pip-install the package; then your working directory won't matter. But you specified no structural changes, so.)
- I don't have a `py` command on my system; for purposes of this answer I assume it's an alias to the python executable.
- Running a script from a file is not quite the same as importing it. A script given on the command line doesn't know it's a package (`__package__` is not set). That's why relative imports don't work.
- What you probably want is to run it by module path, not filename. Assuming your top-level project directory is named `yourapp`:
- ```
- python3 -m yourapp.app
- ```
- Run this from somewhere that `yourapp` is importable. Unless you've done something odd with PYTHONPATH, the parent of your top-level project directory should work. You can check importability from the current directory with `python3 -c 'import yourapp'` or similar.
- (even better would be to make a setup.py and use it to pip-install the package; then your working directory won't matter. But you specified no structural changes, so.)
#1: Initial revision
by
ajv
·
2020-08-11T01:40:20Z (over 4 years ago)
I don't have a `py` command on my system; for purposes of this answer I assume it's an alias to the python executable. Running a script from a file is not quite the same as importing it. A script given on the command line doesn't know it's a package (`__package__` is not set). That's why relative imports don't work. What you probably want is to run it by module path, not filename. Assuming your top-level project directory is named `yourapp`: ``` python3 -m yourapp.app ``` Run this from somewhere that `yourapp` is importable. Unless you've done something odd with PYTHONPATH, the parent of your top-level project directory should work. (even better would be to make a setup.py and use it to pip-install the package; then your working directory won't matter. But you specified no structural changes, so.)