django-authority/example/manage.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import os

from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

try:
    import settings as settings_mod  # Assumed to be in the same directory.
except ImportError:
    sys.stderr.write(
        "Error: Can't find the file 'settings.py' in the directory containing %r. It appears you've customized things.\nYou'll have to run django-admin.py, passing it your settings module.\n(If the file settings.py does indeed exist, it's causing an ImportError somehow.)\n"
        % __file__
    )
    sys.exit(1)

sys.path.insert(0, settings_mod.PROJECT_ROOT)
sys.path.insert(0, settings_mod.PROJECT_ROOT + "/../")

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "example.settings")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)