settings.py does not exist django

Question

Running Python 2.7 Mac OSX.

I did:

django-admin.py startproject test123
cd test123
open settings.py

Error: /users.../test123/settings.py does not exist.

Why is this happening?

Answer 1

By default django creates folder named test123 if doesn't exists, and then puts settings in python package called test123 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/django-admin/#startproject

So your settings will be in test123 subfolder of test123

django-admin.py startproject test123
cd test123
ls -la
open test123/settings.py