symlinking my project in a django app

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I can't run manage.py because when i cd into my project folder, it seems as if django is not on my python path. My project folder is symlinked to a directory out of the webapps directory, so this might be an issue -- but I can't seem to find a way to run the proper version of python with the proper path. Tips?

~/releases/X/project_name #project source really lives here
~/webapps/django/project_name -> ../../releases/X/project_name #can't run manage.py

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The problem here is that our Python site customizations (which put your ~/webapps/whatever/lib/pythonX.Y directory on the Python search path) will only work their magic if your current working directory is at or below ~/webapps.

You can work around it by setting your Python search path at the command line, eg:

export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/webapps/django/lib/python2.7

Or, you could open a separate terminal and run your management commands from ~/webapps/django/project_name while working with your project files under the symlink directory in a different terminal.

Hope that helps!

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answered 28 Aug '11, 19:51

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edited 28 Aug '11, 23:57

That's just what I needed. I'm running 2.6, so I just put that in my .bash_profile and all is well. Thanks seanf!

(28 Aug '11, 22:56) Brian D

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