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Hi,

How can I find out if an executable is available in the path?

TIA
Jul 18 '05 #1
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[Fernando Rodriguez wrote]
Hi,

How can I find out if an executable is available in the path?


There is a Python implementation of 'which' that does that here:
http://starship.python.net/~tmick/#which
import which
which.which("python")

'C:\\Python22\\python.EXE'

Cheers,
Trent

--
Trent Mick
Tr****@ActiveState.com

Jul 18 '05 #2
Fernando Rodriguez <fr*@easyjob.net> wrote in message news:<af********************************@4ax.com>. ..
Hi,

How can I find out if an executable is available in the path?

TIA


This works on linux:-

import os

ls=os.environ['PATH']

for d in ls.split(':'):
if 'executable' in os.listdir(d):
print 'found it!'
break

Regards, Paul Clinch
Jul 18 '05 #3

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