Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > * Python will automatically add a ‘sys.path’ entry for the directory > containing the script named on the command line. So this: > > $ cd ~/Projects/lorem/ > $ python3 ./setup.py test > > will run the ‘setup.py’ program with ‘sys.path’ already modified to > contain the directory ‘/home/YOURUSERNAME/Projects/lorem’. Any > packages in that directory are available for absolute import, *during* > that test suite run.
This behaviour is detailed further in the documentation <URL:https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#using-on-interface-options>. -- \ “The way to build large Python applications is to componentize | `\ and loosely-couple the hell out of everything.” —Aahz | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
