#2239: PYTHONPATH delimiter is os.pathsep.

georg.brandl · georg.brandl · commit aaa65177fd05 · 2008-03-05T19:31:44.000Z
git-svn-id: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk@61255 6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior.
 
    Augment the default search path for module files.  The format is the same as
    the shell's :envvar:`PATH`: one or more directory pathnames separated by
-   colons.  Non-existent directories are silently ignored.
+   :data:`os.pathsep` (e.g. colons on Unix or semicolons on Windows).
+   Non-existent directories are silently ignored.
    
    The default search path is installation dependent, but generally begins with
    :file:`{prefix}/lib/python{version}`` (see :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` above).  It
