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Issue #6386: When executing a script that's a symlink, the directory 

where the symlink resolves to is added to sys.path, not the directory
containing the symlink itself.

Thanks to Sanko Resic for an initial attempt at the patch.
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Brett Cannon 2014-02-06 09:22:51 -05:00
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@ -165,10 +165,16 @@ a built-in module with that name. If not found, it then searches for a file
named :file:`spam.py` in a list of directories given by the variable
:data:`sys.path`. :data:`sys.path` is initialized from these locations:
* the directory containing the input script (or the current directory).
* The directory containing the input script (or the current directory when no
file is specified).
* :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` (a list of directory names, with the same syntax as the
shell variable :envvar:`PATH`).
* the installation-dependent default.
* The installation-dependent default.
.. note::
On file systems which support symlinks, the directory containing the input
script is calculated after the symlink is followed. In other words the
directory containing the symlink is **not** added to the module search path.
After initialization, Python programs can modify :data:`sys.path`. The
directory containing the script being run is placed at the beginning of the

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@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ Build
- Issue #20465: Update SQLite shipped with OS X installer to 3.8.3.
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #6386: Clarify in the tutorial that specifying a symlink to execute
means the directory containing the executed script and not the symlink is
added to sys.path.
What's New in Python 3.4.0 Beta 3?
==================================