[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-424002 ] sys.executable not reliable

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Bugs item #424002, was opened at 2001-05-14 11:17
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Evan Simpson (evansimpson)
Assigned to: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Summary: sys.executable not reliable

Initial Comment:
I created a file test.py containing:

#!/usr/local/bin/python2.1
import sys
print sys.executable

When I run it using the command 
line "/usr/local/bin/python2.1 test.py", it prints the 
full path to the executable.  When I run it 
from "/usr/local", using "bin/python2.1 test.py", then 
I get "bin/python2.1".  When I run it 
using "./test.py", I get a blank string.

Under version 1.5.2, all of these yielded the full 
path to the executable.

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-09-28 13:00

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I think I've fixed this in CVS now (post-2.2a4).

Can you test this with the new CVS?

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-09-05 12:06

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Curious. I'll look into this.

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