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authorVinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>2015-02-07 10:57:36 (GMT)
committerVinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>2015-02-07 10:57:36 (GMT)
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Closes #23357: Updated documentation on creating venvs.
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diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
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--- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
+++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ subdirectory (on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``).
On Windows, you may have to invoke the ``pyvenv`` script as follows, if you
don't have the relevant PATH and PATHEXT settings::
- c:\Temp>c:\Python33\python c:\Python33\Tools\Scripts\pyvenv.py myenv
+ c:\Temp>c:\Python35\python c:\Python35\Tools\Scripts\pyvenv.py myenv
or equivalently::
- c:\Temp>c:\Python33\python -m venv myenv
+ c:\Temp>c:\Python35\python -m venv myenv
The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
- usage: pyvenv [-h] [--system-site-packages] [--symlinks] [--clear]
- [--upgrade] [--without-pip] ENV_DIR [ENV_DIR ...]
+ usage: venv [-h] [--system-site-packages] [--symlinks] [--clear]
+ [--upgrade] [--without-pip] ENV_DIR [ENV_DIR ...]
Creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories.
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
--without-pip Skips installing or upgrading pip in the virtual
environment (pip is bootstrapped by default)
+Depending on how the ``venv`` functionality has been invoked, the usage message
+may vary slightly, e.g. referencing ``pyvenv`` rather than ``venv``.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip`` and ``--copies``
options