[Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 27, Issue 44

[john.m.camara@comcast.net]

> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:51:06 -0400 
> From: Tim Peters 
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PythonCore\CurrentVersion 
> To: Martin v. L?wis 
> Cc: python-dev at python.org 
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> [Tim Peters] 
> >>> never before this year -- maybe sys.path _used_ to contain the current 
> >>> directory on Linux?). 
> 
> [Fred L. Drake, Jr.] 
> >> It's been a long time since this was the case on Unix of any variety; I 
> >> *think* this changed to the current state back before 2.0. 
> 
> [Martin v. L?wis] 
> > Please check again: 
> > 
> > [GCC 4.0.2 20050821 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.1-6)] on linux2 
> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. 
> > >>> import sys 
> > >>> sys.path 
> > ['', '/usr/lib/python23.zip', '/usr/lib/python2.3', 
> > '/usr/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-tk', 
> > '/usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload', 
> > '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages', 
> > '/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages', 
> > '/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/Numeric', 
> > '/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/site-python'] 
> > 
> > We still have the empty string in sys.path, and it still 
> > denotes the current directory. 
> 
> Well, that's in interactive mode, and I see sys.path[0] == "" on both 
> Windows and Linux then. I don't see "" in sys.path on either box in 
> batch mode, although I do see the absolutized path to the current 
> directory in sys.path in batch mode on Windows but not on Linux -- but 
> Mark Hammond says he doesn't see (any form of) the current directory 
> in sys.path in batch mode on Windows. 
> 
> It's a bit confusing ;-) 
> 
Been bit by this in the past.  On windows, it's a relative path in interactive mode and absolute path in non-interactive mode.
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