command line arguments

[ltauxe]

Here's a very simple script:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
print sys.argv

running this, I get:

C:\tmp>tmp.py -h
['C:\\tmp\\tmp.p y']

two things are wrong: 1) there are two '\'s and 2) the argument -h is missing.
I'm running Enthought Python Distribution on Windows XP under Parallels on a Mac. I never had this problem before.

Lisa

[bvdet]

In Python string literals, the double backslash "\\" represents a single backslash character.

>>> s = 'C:\\tmp\\tmp.py'
>>> s
'C:\\tmp\\tmp.py'
>>> print s
C:\tmp\tmp.py
>>>

I can't explain why the "-h" argument is not in sys.argv. I works properly on my XP system.

[Glenton]

Hi
I run
"python testsys.py -h" in a terminal and get
['testsys.py', '-h']

I'm running on Ubuntu 9.10.

Sorry I can't be of more help.