According to https://docs.python.org/2/library/sys.html#sys.path the first item in sys.path should be the directory of the script that was originally called by the interpreter.
I created a simple script that prints out the information contained in sys.path and sys.argv and got the following (note only difference between the two scripts that are run is /Python one has () for print and the /IronPython one does not:
System Info: 3.4.3 (v3.4.3:9b73f1c3e601, Feb 24 2015, 22:43:06) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)] Copyright (c) 2001-2015 Python Software Foundation.
All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam.
All Rights Reserved.
Hello world!
Sys.Path:
- c:\Users\220040509\workspace\ApplianceTools\Source\Scripts\Python
- C:\Windows\system32\python34.zip
- C:\Python34\DLLs
- C:\Python34\lib
- C:\Python34
- C:\Python34\lib\site-packages
Sys.Argv:
- <class 'str'> : Python/sysTest.py
System Info: 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] Copyright (c) 2001-2013 Python Software Foundation.
All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam.
All Rights Reserved.
Hello world!
Sys.Path:
- c:\Users\220040509\workspace\ApplianceTools\Source\Scripts\IronPython
- C:\Windows\system32\python27.zip
- c:\Python27\DLLs
- c:\Python27\lib
- c:\Python27\lib\plat-win
- c:\Python27\lib\lib-tk
- c:\Python27
- c:\Python27\lib\site-packages
Sys.Argv:
- <type 'str'> : IronPython/sysTest.py
System Info: 2.7.5 (IronPython 2.7.5 (2.7.5.0) on .NET 4.0.30319.18063 (32-bit)) Copyright (c) IronPython Team
Hello world!
Sys.Path:
- IronPython/sysTest.py
- c:\Users\220040509\workspace\ApplianceTools\Source\Scripts\IronPython
- c:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib
- c:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\DLLs
- c:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7
- c:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\lib\site-packages
Sys.Argv:
- <type 'str'> : IronPython/sysTest.py
Why does IronPython have the script file (which is also sys.argv[0]) as sys.path[0]?
(ran this in Git Bash, hence the mix of \ and /)
