From 9c065740242c7151229a7957e0e696b5c54ca94f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:31:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] #2239: PYTHONPATH delimiter is os.pathsep. --- Doc/using/cmdline.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index d3120b516c7..36a8dd122c1 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior. Augment the default search path for module files. The format is the same as the shell's :envvar:`PATH`: one or more directory pathnames separated by - colons. Non-existent directories are silently ignored. + :data:`os.pathsep` (e.g. colons on Unix or semicolons on Windows). + Non-existent directories are silently ignored. The default search path is installation dependent, but generally begins with :file:`{prefix}/lib/python{version}`` (see :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` above). It