PYTHONPATH storage location

Question

Where is my pythonpath stored? When I write

import sys
sys.path

Where does Python get that data?

any reason you want to know where it is stored? If you want python to use a different pythonpath, you could set the environment variable: PYTHONPATH. — William Niu
– William Niu, Commented Aug 5, 2010 at 11:53

Asclepius · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-14 22:14:08Z

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Python gets that data from the path attribute of the sys module. This path is a list, and if you want to add a new directory to the path, just use the append method.

For instance, to add the directory /home/me/mypy to the path, just do:

import sys
sys.path.append("/home/me/mypy")

edited May 14, 2015 at 22:14

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