Passing options to Python executable in non-interactive mode

Question

I would like to pass some options to Python (version 2.6) every time, not just in interactive mode. Is there a file I can put such commands in?

EDIT: Specifically, I\'m

Answer 1

Have you tried ~/.pythonrc.py? It is listed in the Python man page with the following description:

User-specific initialization file loaded by the user module; not used by default or by most applications.

I'm not sure what it means by the 'user' module but I think it's worth a shot to try this.

EDIT: It looks like you have to import user in your python scripts and then Python will automatically execute this ~/.pythonrc.py file upon startup (and not just in interactive mode). This should work in Python version < 3.0. http://docs.python.org/library/user.html