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.TH PYTHON "30 July 1996"
.TH PYTHON "7 September, 1997"
.SH NAME
python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B \-i
]
[
.B \-O
]
[
.B \-S
]
[
.B \-u
]
[
.B \-v
]
[
.B \-X
]
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[
.B \-c
.I command
|
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useful to inspect global variables or a stack trace when a script
raises an exception.
.TP
.B \-O
Turn on basic optimizations. This changes the filename extension for
compiled (bytecode) files from
.I .pyc
to
.I pyo.
.TP
.B \-S
Disable the import of the module
.I site
and the site-dependent manipulations of
.I sys.path
that it entails.
.TP
.B \-u
Force stdout and stderr to be totally unbuffered.
Force stdin, stdout and stderr to be totally unbuffered.
.TP
.B \-v
Print a message each time a module is initialized, showing the place
(filename or built-in module) from which it is loaded.
.TP
.B \-X
Make the standard exceptions strings instead of classes.
Use for backward compatibility with old code only.
.TP
.BI "\-c " command
Specify the command to execute (see next section).
This terminates the option list (following options are passed as
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conventions:
.IP /usr/local/bin/python
Recommended location of the interpreter.
.IP /usr/local/lib/python1.4
.IP /usr/local/lib/python<version>
Recommended location of the directory containing the standard modules.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.IP PYTHONHOME
Change the location of the standard Python libraries. By default, the
libraries are searched in <prefix>/lib/python<version> and
<exec_prefix>/lib/python<version>, where <prefix> and <exec_prefix>
are installation-dependent directories, both defaulting to
/usr/local. When $PYTHONHOME is set to a single directory, its value
replaces both <prefix> and <exec_prefix>. To specify different values
for these, set $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>:<exec_prefix>.
.IP PYTHONPATH
Augments the default search path for module files.
The format is the same as the shell's $PATH: one or more directory
pathnames separated by colons.
Non-existant directories are silently ignored.
The default search path is installation dependent, but always begins
with `.', (for example,
.I .:/usr/local/lib/python ).
The default search path is appended to $PYTHONPATH.
The default search path is installation dependent, but generally
begins with <prefix>/lib/python<version> (see PYTHONHOME below).
The default search path is always appended to $PYTHONPATH.
If a script argument is given, the directory containing the script is
inserted in the path in front of $PYTHONPATH.
The search path can be manipulated from within a Python program as the
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.PP
E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org
.fi
.PP
And a cast of thousands.
.SH INTERNET RESOURCES
Web site: http://www.python.org
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