sys.argv is a attribute of the sys module. It says the arguments passed into the file in the command line. sys.argv[0] catches the directory where the file is located. sys.argv[1] returns …

Dec 14, 2021 · sys.executable is refering to the Python interpreter for the current system. It comes handy when using virtual environments and have several interpreters on the same …

How can I import files in Python using sys.path.append? Asked 10 years, 4 months ago Modified 2 years, 9 months ago Viewed 214k times

The problem is that if I use sys.path.append(mod_directory) to append the path and then open the python interpreter, the directory mod_directory gets added to the end of the list sys.path.

I solved this problem by swapping sys.path.append(path) in my script with sys.path.insert(0, path) where path is the string module location. Since this is my module and not an installed package …

In Python, there are two similarly-named functions, exit() and sys.exit(). What's the difference and when should I use one over the other?

Sep 19, 2011 · import sys sys.path.append('''C:\code\my-library''') from my-library import my-library Then, my-library will be part of sys.path for as long as the session is active. If I start a …

Apr 13, 2010 · The first argument, sys.argv[0], is actually the name of the program as it was invoked. That's not a Python thing, but how most operating systems work. The reason …

When in a virtual environment, if the the pyvenv.cfg file contains a home key, the interpreter will use it to set sys.base_prefix and sys_prefix as: sys.base_prefix will hold the path to the Python …

$ time foo real 0m0.003s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.004s $ What do real, user and sys mean in the output of time? Which one is meaningful when benchmarking my app?