How do I define the search path for personal library

[les_ander]

Dear all,
i have a simple question.
Suppose I have my classes such as
myClass1.py
myClass2.py
etc
which I keep in a special folder ~/py_libs

Now
suppose I have a program that is not in py_libs
but I want to do
import myClass1 # note: myClass1 is not in the current directory

how can I set the search path for python so that it can
find myClass1?
thanks

[Peter Hansen]

le*******@yahoo.com wrote:

Dear all,
i have a simple question.
Suppose I have my classes such as
myClass1.py
myClass2.py
etc
which I keep in a special folder ~/py_libs

Now
suppose I have a program that is not in py_libs
but I want to do
import myClass1 # note: myClass1 is not in the current directory

how can I set the search path for python so that it can
find myClass1?

There are several options, including the PYTHONPATH environment
variable, creating a .pth file in site-packages or somewhere
(as documented in http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/lib/module-site.html),
or even creating your own sitecustomize.py file (also documented
in the site.py module docs).

What is best depends a bit on your own environment and needs.
For example, do you just want this available at the interactive
prompt, or to all code you write, or to code that other users
on the same system will write?

-Peter

[richardshea]

If i understand correctly what you're after I think another option is

import sys
sys.path.append('<your choice of path here')

regards

richard.

[les_ander]

Yes, this is exactly what I wanted--just like in perl I can add search
path to @inc.

thanks