[New-bugs-announce] [issue43980] netrc module looks for .netrc even on Windows where the convention is _netrc

[Jerry Heiselman]

New submission from Jerry Heiselman <jerry at heiselman.com>:

The netrc library defaults to looking for the .netrc file in the user's home directory. On Windows, this file is conventionally named _netrc. While one could pass the correct path to the library, the conventionally correct path should be used on all supported platforms.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 392348
nosy: jheiselman
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: netrc module looks for .netrc even on Windows where the convention is _netrc
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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