Correct path usage in Cygwin : Difference between `python c:\somefile.py` & `python /cygdrive/c/somefile.py`

Question

I\'m using Django 1.5 & Python 2.7 on Windows + Cygwin. The following command gives me an error in bash shell

$ python /cygdrive/c/Python27/Lib/site-pac         


        

Answer 1

Well, nothing should be different:

hgs15624@ESCLT0116 ~
$ python /cygdrive/c/test.py
Hello

hgs15624@ESCLT0116 ~
$ python c:/test.py 
Hello

I guess you've looked for odd permissions.

Edit: the below was just referring to a typo in the question.

The error says:

/cygdrive/c/Python27/Lib/sitepackages/django/bin/django-admin.py

Did you miss the hyphen in site-packages?