I would like to lauch a server from outside the side package directory
how do i specify a path with import

#/home/gert/Desktop/www/db/py/start-server.py
import cherrypy

class HelloWorld:
def index(self):
return #external htm file Hello world!
index.exposed = True

if __name__ == '__main__': # ??? dont know what is this for
import os.path
conf = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'conf-server.py')
cherrypy.config.update(conf)
cherrypy.quickstart(HelloWorld())
else:
cherrypy.tree.mount(HelloWorld()) # ??? dont know what is this for

#/home/gert/Desktop/www/db/py/conf-server.py
[global]

server.socket_port = 8080

server.thread_pool = 10

Gert Cuykens a écrit :

I would like to lauch a server from outside the side package directory
how do i specify a path with import

http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.htm...00000000000000

(snip)

if __name__ == '__main__': # ??? dont know what is this for

When a module is used as a program (ie python myprog.py), the
module-level magic variable '__name__' is set to main. If the module is
imported by another one, this variable is set to the name of the
module. This allow a module to have different behaviours according to
how it is used.