[GRASS-dev] Handling of Python scripts on MS Windows

[Glynn Clements]

Benjamin Ducke wrote:

> >>> "Executing" a script uses the registry associations for the script's
> >>> extension.
> >>
> 
> This matters for using os.system("python.exe <script>") from within
> a Python script, right?

No. It matters for using e.g. os.system("/path/to/script.py") from a
Python script. Or system("/path/to/script.py") from a C program. Or
just "script.py" from a .bat file. Or any other situation where you
"execute" a script without specifying the interpreter explicitly.

On Unix, the #! line at the start of the script is used to determine
the interpreter. On Windows, the extension is used to look up the
interpreter in the registry.

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