import sys import os, sys from twisted.python.procutils import which def find_exe(exename): """ Look for something named exename or exename + ".py". This is a kludge. @return: a list containing one element which is the quoted path to the exename (if it is thought to be executable), or else the first element being quoted sys.executable and the second element being the quoted path to the exename + ".py", or else return False if one can't be found """ exes = which(exename) exe = exes and exes[0] if not exe: exe = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'scripts', exename + '.py') if os.path.exists(exe): path, ext = os.path.splitext(exe) if ext.lower() in [".exe", ".bat",]: cmd = ['"' + exe + '"',] else: cmd = ['"' + sys.executable + '"', '"' + exe + '"',] return cmd else: return False if __name__ == "__main__": cmd = find_exe("trial") if cmd: print " ".join(cmd).replace("\\", "/") else: sys.exit(1)