[Python-Dev] proposed which.py replacement (original) (raw)

Shane Geiger sgeiger at ncee.net
Sat Mar 31 22:24:07 CEST 2007

Trent Mick has a module called which.py that might make a nice platform-independent replacement for python2.5/Tools/scripts/which.py.

http://www.trentm.com/projects/which/

Why which.py?

|which.py| is a small GNU-which replacement. It has the following features:

* it is portable (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Un*x);
* it understands PATHEXT and "App Paths" registration on Windows
  (i.e. it will find everything that |start| does from the command
  shell);
* it can print all matches on the PATH;
* it can note "near misses" on the PATH (e.g. files that match but
  may not, say, have execute permissions); and
* it can be used as a Python module.

I also would be happy to have this be a replacement for the |which.py| in the Python CVS tree at |dist/src/Tools/scripts/which.py| which is Unix-specific and not usable as a module; and perhaps for inclusion in the stdlib.

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