command 'startproject' not available in django-admin.py

[Pit]

In 'Writing your first Django app, part 1' the 'django-admin.py startproject mysite' is described as the way to set up a new project.

In Django 1.X it seems that this is no longer valid.

[Karen Tracey]

I'm going to guess you're hitting the situation where startproject is disabled if there's a settings module already specified.

#8329 covers providing better feedback for this case. Other defects, already fixed, covered noting this behavior in the docs: ​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/django-admin/#startproject-projectname