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authorBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2004-03-20 21:41:28 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2004-03-20 21:41:28 (GMT)
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Clarify docs on where .pth files can exist.
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@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ path for configuration files.
\indexii{site-packages}{directory}
A path configuration file is a file whose name has the form
-\file{\var{package}.pth}; its contents are additional items (one
+\file{\var{package}.pth} and exists in one of the four directories
+mentioned above; its contents are additional items (one
per line) to be added to \code{sys.path}. Non-existing items are
never added to \code{sys.path}, but no check is made that the item
refers to a directory (rather than a file). No item is added to