python: can't open file 'django-admin.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
django, python
Solution
You're confusing two ways of referring to an executable file.
`/usr/local/bin` is in your path, and `django-admin.py` is marked as executable, so you can refer to it without the initial `python`:
django-admin.py startproject myproject
When you start with `python`, that is saying "start Python with the script at this path". So, you need to pass the full path, if the script you're trying to start isn't in your current directory.
Problem
I have a mac and I am starting to work on django. When I try to make a project on the terminal by writing ``` python django-admin.py startproject myproject ``` I get this error ``` python: can't open file 'django-admin.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory ``` While I was looking around for help, one solution suggested to write type django-admin.py to get the location of django-admin.py and use that. So when I type ``` python /usr/local/bin/django-admin.py startproject myproject ``` my project is created. Can anyone tell my why I need to do this and why I can't write just django-admin.py? Also is there anyway to get around this?