Here’s a bash function I use for Django development to quickly set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE.
function setdsm() {
# add the current directory and the parent directory to PYTHONPATH
# sets DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD/..
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
x=${PWD/\/[^\/]*\/}
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$x.settings
else
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$1
fi
echo "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE set to $DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"
}
I put this in my .bash_profile, then a quick setdsm sets the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE to the settings.py in the current directory and add the current directory and it’s parent to PYTHONPATH.