[GRASS-user] Running a Pyhton Script on Mac (Mapcalc)

[Glynn Clements]

Johannes Radinger wrote:

> I'd like to run a python script on my GRASS6.5 on MacOS.
> 
> I saved a *.py script for testing with following content on my desktop:

> All the needed files (upstream_part, shreve) are existing in the
> location and mapset that is open. Then I tried to execute
> File-->Launch Script and choose it. Then I just get back:
> 
> Launching script '/Users/Johannes Radinger/Desktop/mapcalc-test.py'...          
> (Tue Mar 22 10:57:15 2011)                                                      
> /Users/Johannes Radinger/Desktop/mapcalc-test.py                                
> (Tue Mar 22 10:57:15 2011) Command finished (0 sec)
> 
> and nothing happend and no map was created...
> 
> what is wrong with my script?

Does the script have execute permission ("chmod +x ...")?

Does MacOSX have the Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python?

It's common practice for Python scripts to use:

	#!/usr/bin/env python

which only requires that "python" is somewhere in $PATH, rather than
assuming a fixed location. The Python scripts in 7.0 use this
mechanism.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>