Question

I having issues getting Django to work with settings.py at different location

I have a folder setting with test.py as copy of settings.py

Folder laid out as

   models.py
   settings.py
   setting/
       test.py

this one works with default location

SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myproject.settings

python manage.py syncdb  --settings="myproject.settings"

this does not work when tring to use file in a subdirectory

SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myproject.setting.test

python manage.py syncdb  --settings="myproject.setting.test"

Error

Error: Could not import settings 'myproject.setting.test' (Is it on sys.path? 
Does it have syntax errors?): No module named setting.test

Answer 1

I think your setting directory needs an __init__.py file so it is a valid Python package.