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file is not available.
If this option is given, the first element of :data:`sys.argv` will be the
- full path to the module file. As with the :option:`-c` option, the current
- directory will be added to the start of :data:`sys.path`.
+ full path to the module file (while the module file is being located, the
+ first element will be set to ``"-m"``). As with the :option:`-c` option,
+ the current directory will be added to the start of :data:`sys.path`.
Many standard library modules contain code that is invoked on their execution
as a script. An example is the :mod:`timeit` module::