From 1ccdcbf765f146040f8cb2130b4b20fc8cd5ff90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malcolm Tredinnick Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:40:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #3801 -- Added note about double-escaping Windows paths when configuring mod_python. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@4877 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/modpython.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/modpython.txt b/docs/modpython.txt index 297763c95a..5fd916f2b8 100644 --- a/docs/modpython.txt +++ b/docs/modpython.txt @@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ on it, you'll need to tell mod_python:: PythonPath "['/path/to/project'] + sys.path" +.. caution:: + + Is you are using Windows, remember that the path will contain backslashes. + This string is passed through Python's string parser twice, so you need to + escape each backslash **twice**:: + + PythonPath "['c:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\project'] + sys.path" + + or use raw strings:: + + PythonPath "[r'c:\\path\\to\\project'] + sys.path" + + You can also add directives such as ``PythonAutoReload Off`` for performance. See the `mod_python documentation`_ for a full list of options.