- Author:
- whiteinge
- Posted:
- June 13, 2008
- Language:
- HTML/template
- Version:
- Not specified
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- 0 (after 2 ratings)
A lot of people new to Django don't realize that manage.py
is just a wrapper around the django-admin.py
script installed with Django and isn't needed.
(You may need to symlink django-admin.py
to someplace in your system PATH
such as /usr/local/bin
.)
The most important thing it does is to set your PYTHONPATH
and DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
environment variables before calling django-admin.py
. Those same settings are needed when you move your site on to a production server like Apache, so it is important to know how they work.
This shell function sets those variables for you. Put it in your .zshrc
or bash startup script. It works for both the monolithic project style and the lightweight app style of Django development [1], [2].
This function isn't fancy; drop a comment if you have an improvement. Written for zsh and tested with bash 3.1.17.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | # For a monolithic project, just run the function from the project folder.
#
# For a reusable app, run the function from the folder containing the settings
# file, and pass the settings file as an argument.
# E.g. ``djsetup somecoolsite_settings.py``
djsetup()
{
if [ x"$1" != x ]; then
export PYTHONPATH=$PWD
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$(basename $1 .py)
else
cd ..
export PYTHONPATH=$PWD
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$(basename $OLDPWD).settings
cd $OLDPWD
fi
}
|
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