[mod_python] Importing modules in a new process.

2008/4/8, Joseph Bernhardt <joe at incomps.com>:
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> I have been having this problem for a while, but it has just recently gotten
> to be enough of a bother that I thought I should figure out what's going on.
>  I have a simple application (myapp.py) as follows:
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> import my_module
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> import datetime
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> import sys
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> print "Hello World."
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> Which (of course) runs fine from the interpreter.  The problem is when I
> start that application with the subprocess module via a separate application
> through mod_python and a web request (initiate.py) as follows:
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> import subprocess
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> subprocess.Popen(['python myapp.py', shell=True)
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> When myapp.py is initiated through the Popen, it is unable to locate the
> my_module module and fails.  When 'import my_module' is removed the
> application completes fine, which leads me to believe it is a problem with
> the my_module module.  Since I am able to run myapp.py fine from the
> interpreter rather than remotely, I was assuming that there was a
> permissions problem with the module.  Unfortunately, it still gave me the
> same err with 777 permissions.
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> Can anyone suggest where to go from here, please?

What happens if you run this?:

import sys
path='/path/to/my/modules'

if path not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(path)

import my_module
import datetime
import sys

print "Hello World."

Regards, Clodoaldo