[Paraview] python scripts

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

In /home/project is there a "paraview.py" or a directory named 
"paraview" ? If so, try moving or renaming that.

Utkarsh

Patrick Shinpaugh wrote:
> I created the script you posted. The results of each are displayed below:
> 
> pvpython ~/paraview-test-path.py
> ['/home/project', '/usr/local/ParaView-3.2.2/lib/paraview-3.2', 
> '/usr/lib/python25.zip', '/usr/lib/python2.5', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2',
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Numeric',
> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gst-0.10', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0']
> 
> pvbatch ~/paraview-test-path.py
> ['/home/project', '/usr/local/ParaView-3.2.2/lib/paraview-3.2', 
> '/usr/lib/python25.zip', '/usr/lib/python2.5', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2',
> /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Numeric',
> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gst-0.10', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0']
> 
> from paraview gui - tools/python shell/run script
> ['/usr/local/ParaView-3.2.2/lib/paraview-3.2', '/usr/lib/python25.zip', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5', '/usr/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2',
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Numeric',
> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL', 
> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gst-0.10', 
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0']
> 
> Interestingly, the only difference is the home directory at the 
> beginning for pvbatch/pvpython...
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>> That's weird.
>> from paraview import servermanager
>> should work from all the 3 locations client, pvbatch or pvpython.
>>
>> Can you try the following script and print your path in all the three 
>> applications?
>>
>> import sys
>> print sys.path
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> Patrick Shinpaugh wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I've been writing some python scripts and running them through the 
>>> paraview GUI. I start the scripts with
>>>
>>>    from paraview import servermanager
>>>
>>> When I use pvpython or pvbatch to run the same scripts I receive an 
>>> error:
>>>
>>> [project] pvpython paraview.py
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>  File "paraview.py", line 1, in <module>
>>>    from paraview import servermanager
>>>  File "/home/project/paraview.py", line 1, in <module>
>>>    from paraview import servermanager
>>> ImportError: cannot import name servermanager
>>>
>>>
>>> After messing with this for a while I finally tried:
>>>
>>>    import servermanager
>>>
>>> which worked.
>>>
>>> Question: Why is there a difference in the way the servermanager is 
>>> imported between paraview gui and pvpython/pvbatch? Have other people 
>>> run across this issue? This is version 3.2.2. Is it possible there is 
>>> something wrong my build? If this is something I just have to live 
>>> with, is there a way to prevent the error from closing the 
>>> script/interpreter, check to see if the first import failed and then 
>>> run the second import?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Pat
>>>
>>
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