Python execution

**ki4jgt** · June 6th, 2012

Does Python read scripts dirctly from the harddrive or from memory?

**raja.genupula** · June 6th, 2012

yeah you have to change to the directory where you got the script and if you have custom modules make sure that those modules are also in correct path .

**MG&TL** · June 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by ki4jgt

Does Python read scripts dirctly from the harddrive or from memory?

Initially, yes. Once the script has been loaded though, it continues in memory until it dies.

**Bachstelze** · June 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by MG&TL

Initially, yes. Once the script has been loaded though, it continues in memory until it dies.

Unless paging or something like that happens... But of course the paging would happen on the Python process, not on the script per se.

**Lux Perpetua** · June 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by ki4jgt

Does Python read scripts dirctly from the harddrive or from memory?

I'm guessing you're confused about something on a deeper level, so I suggest trying to ask your question in a different way.

**ki4jgt** · June 6th, 2012

Originally Posted by MG&TL

Initially, yes. Once the script has been loaded though, it continues in memory until it dies.

Originally Posted by Lux Perpetua

I'm guessing you're confused about something on a deeper level, so I suggest trying to ask your question in a different way.

Dumb question. If I had thought about it it would have been obvious. Python based server programs wouldn't have the resources to reread the program every time they had to execute something facepalm.