Google App Engine deployment: missing file

Question

I have a problem with google app engine. It used to work but now I can't figure out whats wrong...

python: can't open file 'google_appengine/dev_appserver.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Answer 1

apologize for the delay in getting back to this.

1) it happens when command is executed outside google_appengine directory e.g.

abid@abid-webdev:~/Documents/GAE_projects/helloworld$ python google_appengine/dev_appserver.py helloworld/

python: can't open file 'google_appengine/dev_appserver.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

2) now when i run from the directory where i have

"google_appengine folder" and project, it works grand :)

abid@abid-webdev:~/Documents/GAE_projects$ ls

google_appengine helloworld

abid@abid-webdev:~/Documents/GAE_projects$ python google_appengine/dev_appserver.py helloworld/

Allow dev_appserver to check for updates on startup? (Y/n): y dev_appserver will check for updates on startup. To change this setting, edit /home/abid/.appcfg_nag

3) another thing i noticed, google docs says->[https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstartedpython27/helloworld][1] to use ->

google_appengine/dev_appserver.py helloworld/ this command - 

whereas i used

python google_appengine/dev_appserver.py helloworld/ as suggested on udacity forums->

http://forums.udacity.com/questions/6003945/with-opensuse-121-the-python-app-refuses-to-work

thanks all for your help. cheers