Question

So I just installed the python interpreter and wanted to use the help(sys) feature to get more information about the sys module, but I got this error and had no idea what went wrong.

C:\Users\Jake>python
Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 14:24:46) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> help(sys)
'more' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

>>>

Is this a matter of not having the source code for the sys module on my computer or something else entirely? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Python uses the more program to show the help text. It’s saying it can’t find the more program. It should be at C:\Windows\System32\more.com. You need to have C:\Windows\System32 in your PATH environment variable.