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Add note about site module (site-packages)

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Peter Bittner 2019-10-28 23:37:53 +01:00
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@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ named :file:`spam.py` in a list of directories given by the variable
script is calculated after the symlink is followed. In other words the script is calculated after the symlink is followed. In other words the
directory containing the symlink is **not** added to the module search path. directory containing the symlink is **not** added to the module search path.
.. note::
The :mod:`site` module is responsible for appending site-specific paths to
the module search path. It also provides a way to get a list of all
site-specific paths, which can be global and per user site-packages
directories (:pep:`370`), from the command line via ``python -m site``.
After initialization, Python programs can modify :data:`sys.path`. The After initialization, Python programs can modify :data:`sys.path`. The
directory containing the script being run is placed at the beginning of the directory containing the script being run is placed at the beginning of the
search path, ahead of the standard library path. This means that scripts in that search path, ahead of the standard library path. This means that scripts in that