[GRASS-dev] question about python scripts on Windows again

[Michael Barton]

On Jan 27, 2010, at 2:28 AM, Glynn Clements wrote:

> 
> Michael Barton wrote:
> 
>> Some time back, I asked how users could create a python script that runs
>> under GRASS for windows. At the time, the answer was more or less: 'with
>> great difficulty, if even possible'. There have been quite a few changes
>> in the Windows builds over the past month or so and I am wondering if
>> the answer is more optimistic now.
> 
> The problem is that g.parser re-executes the script via $GRASS_SH,
> which won't work for anything other than shell scripts. That hasn't
> changed.
> 

Thanks for the update.

This is unfortunate and oddly ironic, since one of the rationales for the move to Python is that shell scripts must be run on Windows under a *nix emulator like msys, while Python can run native.

Given what you say, why do Python scripts run on other platforms?

> One solution is to merge the support for the -s switch from 7.0.

What does the -s switch do?

Michael

> 
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>


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