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11980	django-admin.py startproject command failed when DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE was set	devye	nobody	"If DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE evvironmental variable was previously set, you cannot run this command to init a project.

{{{
$ django-admin.py startproject fbsample
Unknown command: 'startproject'
Type 'django-admin.py help' for usage.
$ django-admin.py help 
Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]

Options:
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
                        Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal output,
                        2=all output
  --settings=SETTINGS   The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
                        ""myproject.settings.main"". If this isn't provided, the
                        DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable will be
                        used.
  --pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
                        A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
                        ""/home/djangoprojects/myproject"".
  --traceback           Print traceback on exception
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Type 'django-admin.py help <subcommand>' for help on a specific subcommand.

Available subcommands:
  cleanup
  compilemessages
  createcachetable
  dbshell
  diffsettings
  dumpdata
  flush
  inspectdb
  loaddata
  makemessages
  reset
  runfcgi
  runserver
  shell
  sql
  sqlall
  sqlclear
  sqlcustom
  sqlflush
  sqlindexes
  sqlinitialdata
  sqlreset
  sqlsequencereset
  startapp
  syncdb
  test
  testserver
  validate
}}}


It's been documented here: 
http://thingsilearned.com/2008/12/28/django-adminpy-startproject-unknown-command/

The only workaround should be unsetting DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: 
{{{
$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=
$ django-admin.py startproject fbsample
$ ls fbsample
__init__.py  manage.py	settings.py  urls.py
}}}

Also, django-admin.py script should document this ""startproject"" command."		closed	Uncategorized	1.1		duplicate			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0