From 02840fdf84dc2dbbe01fe6c0da7397aa9e8a9420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 14:32:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] user.py -- when imported, execfile(~/.pythonrc.py). --- Lib/user.py | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Lib/user.py diff --git a/Lib/user.py b/Lib/user.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..06e9ead37e --- /dev/null +++ b/Lib/user.py @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +"""Hook to allow user-specified customization code to run. + +As a policy, Python doesn't run user-specified code on startup of +Python programs (interactive sessions execute the script specified in +the PYTHONPATH environment variable if it exists). + +However, some programs or sites may find it convenient to allow users +to have a standard customization file, which gets run when a program +requests it. This module implements such a mechanism. A program +that wishes to use the mechanism mist execute the statement + + import user + +The user module looks for a file .pythonrc.py in the user's home +directory and if it can be opened, execfile()s it in its own global +namespace. Errors during this phase are not caught; that's up to the +program that imports the user module, if it wishes. + +The user's .pythonrc.py could conceivably test for sys.version if it +wishes to do different things depending on the Python version. + +""" + +import os + +try: + home = os.environ['HOME'] +except: + home = os.curdir + +pythonrc = os.path.join(home, ".pythonrc.py") +try: + f = open(pythonrc) +except IOError: + pass +else: + f.close() + execfile(pythonrc) -- 2.40.0