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diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man index 475c6e1..8e56403 100644 --- a/Misc/python.man +++ b/Misc/python.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH PYTHON "30 July 1996" +.TH PYTHON "7 September, 1997" .SH NAME python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -10,12 +10,22 @@ python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language .B \-i ] [ +.B \-O +] +[ +.B \-S +] +[ .B \-u ] [ .B \-v ] [ +.B \-X +] +.br + [ .B \-c .I command | @@ -55,13 +65,31 @@ command. It does not read the $PYTHONSTARTUP file. This can be useful to inspect global variables or a stack trace when a script raises an exception. .TP +.B \-O +Turn on basic optimizations. This changes the filename extension for +compiled (bytecode) files from +.I .pyc +to +.I pyo. +.TP +.B \-S +Disable the import of the module +.I site +and the site-dependent manipulations of +.I sys.path +that it entails. +.TP .B \-u -Force stdout and stderr to be totally unbuffered. +Force stdin, stdout and stderr to be totally unbuffered. .TP .B \-v Print a message each time a module is initialized, showing the place (filename or built-in module) from which it is loaded. .TP +.B \-X +Make the standard exceptions strings instead of classes. +Use for backward compatibility with old code only. +.TP .BI "\-c " command Specify the command to execute (see next section). This terminates the option list (following options are passed as @@ -125,18 +153,25 @@ These are subject to difference depending on local installation conventions: .IP /usr/local/bin/python Recommended location of the interpreter. -.IP /usr/local/lib/python1.4 +.IP /usr/local/lib/python<version> Recommended location of the directory containing the standard modules. .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +.IP PYTHONHOME +Change the location of the standard Python libraries. By default, the +libraries are searched in <prefix>/lib/python<version> and +<exec_prefix>/lib/python<version>, where <prefix> and <exec_prefix> +are installation-dependent directories, both defaulting to +/usr/local. When $PYTHONHOME is set to a single directory, its value +replaces both <prefix> and <exec_prefix>. To specify different values +for these, set $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>:<exec_prefix>. .IP PYTHONPATH Augments the default search path for module files. The format is the same as the shell's $PATH: one or more directory pathnames separated by colons. Non-existant directories are silently ignored. -The default search path is installation dependent, but always begins -with `.', (for example, -.I .:/usr/local/lib/python ). -The default search path is appended to $PYTHONPATH. +The default search path is installation dependent, but generally +begins with <prefix>/lib/python<version> (see PYTHONHOME below). +The default search path is always appended to $PYTHONPATH. If a script argument is given, the directory containing the script is inserted in the path in front of $PYTHONPATH. The search path can be manipulated from within a Python program as the @@ -182,6 +217,8 @@ USA .PP E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org .fi +.PP +And a cast of thousands. .SH INTERNET RESOURCES Web site: http://www.python.org .br |