How to execute a Python Script through a Python script within Maya

[AMAL ARJUN]

Suppose I'm having a Python script in a folder (/Desktop/test.py) and I want to load that through Python. How can I do that.?

[Panupat Chongstitwattana]

The path needs to be recognized by Maya, there's a few ways. The simplest is to add the path to sys.path.

If you have your script at C:/some/path/yourscript.py you would do

import sys
sys.path.append('C:/some/path')
import yourscript

I highly recommend you check out the Python videos in Justin's channel.

https://www.youtube.com/user/justinisrael/videos

[Justin Israel]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 5:18 PM AMAL ARJUN <amala...@gmail.com> wrote:

Suppose I'm having a Python script in a folder (/Desktop/test.py) and I want to load that through Python. How can I do that.?

Your topic line says 'execute' and your question says 'load'. Can you clarify if you are trying to run test.py as an executable subprocess of your script in Maya, or if you want to import it as a module to make Python calls into it as a library? 

Justin 

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[AMAL ARJUN]

Thanks all. Worked on this script

pythonscript ='Desktop/test.py'

execfile(pythonscript)

Thanks Justin and Panupat. :)

On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 11:21:25 AM UTC+5:30, Justin Israel wrote:

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 5:18 PM AMAL ARJUN <amala...@gmail.com> wrote:

Suppose I'm having a Python script in a folder (/Desktop/test.py) and I want to load that through Python. How can I do that.?

Your topic line says 'execute' and your question says 'load'. Can you clarify if you are trying to run test.py as an executable subprocess of your script in Maya, or if you want to import it as a module to make Python calls into it as a library? 

Justin 

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