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PEP: 271
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Title: Prefixing sys.path by command line option
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: fred@arakne.com (Frédéric B. Giacometti)
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Status: Rejected
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Type: Standards Track
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Created: 15-Aug-2001
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Python-Version: 2.2
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Post-History:
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Abstract
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At present, setting the PYTHONPATH environment variable is the
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only method for defining additional Python module search
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directories.
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This PEP introduces the '-P' valued option to the python command
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as an alternative to PYTHONPATH.
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Rationale
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On Unix:
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python -P $SOMEVALUE
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will be equivalent to
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env PYTHONPATH=$SOMEVALUE python
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On Windows 2K:
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python -P %SOMEVALUE%
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will (almost) be equivalent to
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set __PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH% && set PYTHONPATH=%SOMEVALUE%\
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&& python && set PYTHONPATH=%__PYTHONPATH%
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Other Information
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This option is equivalent to the 'java -classpath' option.
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When to use this option
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This option is intended to ease and make more robust the use of
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Python in test or build scripts, for instance.
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Reference Implementation
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A patch implementing this is available from SourceForge:
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=5470&atid=305470&file_id=6916&aid=429614
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with the patch discussion at:
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=429614&group_id=5470
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Copyright
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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