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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index 94a66ac..fd361ae 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -165,10 +165,16 @@ a built-in module with that name. If not found, it then searches for a file named :file:`spam.py` in a list of directories given by the variable :data:`sys.path`. :data:`sys.path` is initialized from these locations: -* the directory containing the input script (or the current directory). +* The directory containing the input script (or the current directory when no + file is specified). * :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` (a list of directory names, with the same syntax as the shell variable :envvar:`PATH`). -* the installation-dependent default. +* The installation-dependent default. + +.. note:: + On file systems which support symlinks, the directory containing the input + script is calculated after the symlink is followed. In other words the + directory containing the symlink is **not** added to the module search path. After initialization, Python programs can modify :data:`sys.path`. The directory containing the script being run is placed at the beginning of the |