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Re: The usage of -m option of python

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On 4/8/2013 10:50 AM, Albert van der Horst wrote:
> In article <mailman.3484.1363662214.2939.python-list@python.org>,
> Terry Reedy  <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
>> On 3/18/2013 5:17 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I don't quite understand how -m option is used. And it is difficult to
>>> search for -m in google. Could anybody provide me with an example on
>>> how to use this option?
>>
>> python -m test
>> at a command line runs the regression tests in the test package
>> python -m test -v test_difflib
>> runs test.test_difflib in verbose mode.
>
> I get for both :
> "/usr/bin/python: test is a package and cannot be directly executed."
>
> What gives?
>
> (Official stable Debian distribution. Python 2.7)

For me, 3.3 is default Python.

Look in the 2.7 doc for 'test' and I believe it will tell you that you 
need to write 'test.regrtest'.

tjr

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Re: The usage of -m option of python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-03-18 23:03 -0400
  Re: The usage of -m option of python albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-04-08 14:50 +0000
    Re: The usage of -m option of python Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-04-08 14:47 -0400

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