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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/argparse.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/argparse.py | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst index 80c382a..e050d62 100644 --- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst @@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ ArgumentParser objects as keyword arguments. Each parameter has its own more detailed description below, but in short they are: - * prog_ - The name of the program (default: ``sys.argv[0]``) + * prog_ - The name of the program (default: + ``os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])``) * usage_ - The string describing the program usage (default: generated from arguments added to parser) diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py index de95eed..1529d9e 100644 --- a/Lib/argparse.py +++ b/Lib/argparse.py @@ -1691,7 +1691,8 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer): """Object for parsing command line strings into Python objects. Keyword Arguments: - - prog -- The name of the program (default: sys.argv[0]) + - prog -- The name of the program (default: + ``os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])``) - usage -- A usage message (default: auto-generated from arguments) - description -- A description of what the program does - epilog -- Text following the argument descriptions |