[GRASS-dev] Python script test

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> >> Init.sh is not updating PYTHONPATH on my Mac for some reason. I've
> >> looked at the code and it seems fine. I DO have a PYTHONPATH. So I'm
> >> not sure why it is not updating it. If I change it manually, by  
> >> simply
> >> pasting your code (export PYTHONPATH="$GISBASE/etc/python:
> >> $PYTHONPATH") into the GRASS prompt, PYTHONPATH IS modified
> >> appropriately and r_in_aster.py works fine with the new grass.py
> >> library.
> >
> > I suspect that /etc/profile resets PYTHONPATH. Init.sh creates a
> > .bashrc script in the mapset directory (which, at the point that the
> > session shell is started, is $HOME), and that script sources
> > /etc/profile.
> >
> 
> That's it. PYTHONPATH is set in my .profile.

~/.profile is only read by login shells. ~/.alias is sourced if it
exists, as well as ~/.grass.bashrc.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>