rm -f [ab].py{,c} echo "umask = `umask`" uname -a python -V echo "Running python.exe from: `which python`" echo 'import b' > a.py echo 'print "b"' > b.py ls -l b.py python a.py ls -l b.pyc rm b.pyc chmod -w b.py python a.py ls -l b.pyc sleep 2 touch b.py python -v a.py 2>&1 | grep 'b\.py' #touch b.py #python -v a.py 2>&1 | grep 'b\.py'