Bugs item #1387483, was opened at 2005-12-21 18:23 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1387483&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Macintosh Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Tomasz Kowaltowski (kowaltowski) Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen) Summary: sys.path[0] when executed thru a symbolic link Initial Comment: Under certain conditions there is a difference between Mac OS X and Linux (both 2.4.1) with regard to the value of the variable sys.path[0] which should contain the directory from which the script was called. This difference appears when the script is called through a symbolic link by a different user. See the attached example. It should be executed once by the owner of the TESTPATH directory: ~/TESTPATH/sub1/testpath.py and ~/TESTPATH/sub2/testpath.py In both cases, under Linux and Mac OS X, the result is: /home/owner/TESTPATH/sub1 If a different user executes: ~owner/TESTPATH/sub1/testpath.py and ~owner/TESTPATH/sub2/testpath.py he gets the same results under Linux: /home/owner/TESTPATH/sub1 but two different results under Mac OS: /Users/owner/TESTPATH/sub1 and /Users/owner/TESTPATH/sub2 This seems like a minor problem but it breaks my application because sys.path[0] is the first place to look for imports! I am not sure whether this is a Python problem or something to do with the Mac OS X. My Mac OS X version is 10.4.3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1387483&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
