Merge pull request #63 from dls-controls/fix_python2_main

Fix main for Python2, and make script optional.

softioc/__main__.py

@@ -3,18 +3,23 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import subprocess
 
-from softioc import __version__
+from . import __version__
 
 
 def main(args=None):
     parser = ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=__version__)
-    parser.add_argument("script", help="The python script to run")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "script", help="The python script to run", nargs="?", default=None)
     parser.add_argument(
         "arg", help="Any arguments to pass to the script", nargs="*")
-    parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
-    # Execute as subprocess
-    cmd = [sys.executable, parsed_args.script, *parsed_args.arg]
+    parsed_args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args(args)
+
+    # Execute as subprocess.
+    cmd = [sys.executable] + parsed_args.arg + unknown
+    if parsed_args.script:
+        cmd.insert(1, parsed_args.script)
+
     subprocess.Popen(cmd).communicate()