can't run example.py

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. placed example.py, image.sif and pysifreader.py in same directory
2. chmod +x example.py
3. ./example.py
4. get "can't read /var/mail/pysifreader, can't read /var/mail/pylab" and then 
some syntax errros.  


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Running from terminal on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  Python is stored in /usr/bin/python


Please provide any additional information below.

add #!/usr/bin/python to top of example.py with no chang.e  

Original issue reported on code.google.com by warren.l...@gmail.com on 10 Jun 2012 at 11:33