How to add the current dir to sys.path when calling a python file?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:56:07 -0500, Peng Yu wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> man python says "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
> variable sys.path." Instead I want to have the current directory
> inserted to the front of $PYTHONPATH without changing anything the
> script. Is there a way to do so?

No. If you want to manipulate the path, you have to write code to do so, 
and put it in your script. That's very simple:

import os, sys
sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())



-- 
Steven