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D Emma
D Emma

Reputation: 317

How to start Python virtual environment in .bat batch file?

I need to set up a long list of temporary environment variables every time when I start a Python Flask app on Windows 10. Now I would like to create a batch file to run with all settings in one double click. The following lines run well if I copy them and paste to cmd prompt, but I couldn't run them in the batch file.

The execution of batch file always gets tripped and exited at the 2nd line venv\scripts\activate in the batch file, which has no issue at all if I copy and paste line by line at cmd.

cd C:\py\project
venv\scripts\activate

set env1=val1
set env2=val2
set FLASK_APP=some.py

flask run

Upvotes: 6

Views: 13113

Answers (2)

Ajibola L'Don Jibson Olayanju
Ajibola L'Don Jibson Olayanju

Reputation: 470

you can just use

start venv\Scripts\activate

This will open up a new terminal just like that... you can pass other commands using the && or & sign.

Upvotes: 1

molbdnilo
molbdnilo

Reputation: 66371

One of the many (far too many) quirks of .bat files is that if you launch another .bat file, it doesn't know where to return to.
You need to explicitly call it:

call venv\scripts\activate

Upvotes: 20

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