South: Unknown command 'migrate'

Question

I\'m getting a merciless

$ python manage.py migrate
Unknown command: \'migrate\'
Type \'manage.py help\' for usage.

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Answer 1

I got the same error, but for a different reason. I did:

$ python manage.py migrate my_app --settings=settings_dev.py

But with the settings parameter, you should pass the name of the module not the name of the file. So it should have been

$ python manage.py migrate my_app --settings=settings_dev

You get a decent error message when you run the validate command like that, but when you run a south command, it'll say the command is unknown :/