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authorMatthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>2010-01-31 16:05:13 (GMT)
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- Update python manual page (options -B, -O0, -s, environment variables
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE, PYTHONNOUSERSITE).
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@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B python
[
+.B \-B
+]
+[
.B \-d
]
[
@@ -23,15 +26,21 @@ python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.B \-m
.I module-name
]
-[
-.B \-O
-]
.br
[
+.B \-O
+]
+[
+.B \-O0
+]
+[
.B -Q
.I argument
]
[
+.B \-s
+]
+[
.B \-S
]
[
@@ -57,6 +66,9 @@ python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
[
.B \-3
]
+[
+.B \-?
+]
.br
[
.B \-c
@@ -95,6 +107,11 @@ viewed by running the
program.
.SH COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
.TP
+.B \-B
+Don't write
+.I .py[co]
+files on import. See also PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE.
+.TP
.BI "\-c " command
Specify the command to execute (see next section).
This terminates the option list (following options are passed as
@@ -108,7 +125,7 @@ compilation options).
Ignore environment variables like PYTHONPATH and PYTHONHOME that modify
the behavior of the interpreter.
.TP
-.B \-h
+.B \-h ", " \-? ", "\-\-help
Prints the usage for the interpreter executable and exits.
.TP
.B \-i
@@ -131,6 +148,9 @@ compiled (bytecode) files from
.I .pyc
to \fI.pyo\fP. Given twice, causes docstrings to be discarded.
.TP
+.B \-O0
+Discard docstrings in addition to the \fB-O\fP optimizations.
+.TP
.BI "\-Q " argument
Division control; see PEP 238. The argument must be one of "old" (the
default, int/int and long/long return an int or long), "new" (new
@@ -140,6 +160,9 @@ long/long), or "warnall" (old division semantics with a warning for
all use of the division operator). For a use of "warnall", see the
Tools/scripts/fixdiv.py script.
.TP
+.B \-s
+Don't add user site directory to sys.path.
+.TP
.B \-S
Disable the import of the module
.I site
@@ -167,7 +190,7 @@ twice, print a message for each file that is checked for when
searching for a module. Also provides information on module cleanup
at exit.
.TP
-.B \-V
+.B \-V ", " \-\-version
Prints the Python version number of the executable and exits.
.TP
.BI "\-W " argument
@@ -370,9 +393,17 @@ specifying \fB\-O\fP multiple times.
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-d\fP option. If set to an integer, it is equivalent to
specifying \fB\-d\fP multiple times.
+.IP PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
+If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
+the \fB\-B\fP option (don't try to write
+.I .py[co]
+files).
.IP PYTHONINSPECT
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-i\fP option.
+.IP PYTHONNOUSERSITE
+If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
+the \fB\-s\fP option (Don't add the user site directory to sys.path).
.IP PYTHONUNBUFFERED
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-u\fP option.