Shell Script File - Pass Multiple Parameters to Interpreter

Question

I have a Python script that I run which needs to execute under a special environment, so I would run the program like so from my working directory (~/project/src):

python manage.py shell

This opens up an interactive shell for me to start typing my own commands.

I have another set of administrative activities that I would like to house in another directory (~/project/admin). The manage.py is really finicky about running from the working directory. So, to make this whole thing work, I made a script which starts off like so:

#!/usr/bin/python ../src/manage.py shell

There are a couple problems with this. The first is that it doesn't work:

/usr/bin/python: can't open file '"/../src/manage.py" shell': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

• How do you specify multiple parameters to the interpreter?
• How do I change the working directory?

Answer 1

You can only specify one argument to the interpreter. I don't think you can use relative directories in it either.

I would suggest that you wrap what you need to do in a shell script or a Python script that uses Popen() to call it perhaps.

Answer 2

Assuming that I'm correct in my guess that you're in a Django environment...

Take a look at James Bennet's article about Standalone Django Scripts. Look at the section about "Use setup_environ()" which mentions that this is "exactly how Django’s own manage.py script handles settings".

There's a similar question on stackoverflow which will probably help you as well.