[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

Irit Katriel added the comment: I am unable to reproduce this problem on 3.11 on a Mac. -- nosy: +iritkatriel status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker ___

[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

paul j3 added the comment: This overlaps with http://bugs.python.org/issue22240 argparse support for python -m module in help This issue also tries to handle zip files as well. Deducing the `prog` was moved to a separate function. One challenge with that issue was constructing a test

[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

Mert Bora Alper added the comment: Thanks for the patch. We'll want a unit test for the behavior before committing this. You're welcome. Since I have no experience in writing unit tests, I don't really know where to start but I will try to do my best. I added bethard to the Nosy List, as

[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks for the patch. We'll want a unit test for the behavior before committing this. -- nosy: +r.david.murray stage: - test needed versions: +Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

Changes by Berker Peksag berker.pek...@gmail.com: -- nosy: +berker.peksag resolution: fixed - ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23994 ___

[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

Mert Bora Alper added the comment: I think this was just overlooked when implementing argparse. Most code out there is likely to get the executable name using: os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) Which is going to do exactly what you are seeing here when sys.argv[0] ends with a /. feel

[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: I think this was just overlooked when implementing argparse. Most code out there is likely to get the executable name using: os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) Which is going to do exactly what you are seeing here when sys.argv[0] ends with a /. feel free to

[issue23994] argparse fails to detect program name when there is a slash at the end of the program's path

New submission from Mert Bora Alper: Sorry if the title is not descriptive enough. When I try to execute a program from a directory which contains an `__main__.py` file, argparse fails to detect programs name. For example: $ ls foo __main__.py $ python3 foo usage: foo [-h] [-c