Execute the code at the named filesystem location and return the resulting
module's globals dictionary. As with a script name supplied to the CPython
- command line, *file_path* may refer to a Python source file, a
+ command line, *path_name* may refer to a Python source file, a
compiled bytecode file or a valid :data:`sys.path` entry containing a
:mod:`__main__` module
(e.g. a zipfile containing a top-level :file:`__main__.py` file).
``__name__`` is set to *run_name* if this optional argument is not
:const:`None` and to ``'<run_path>'`` otherwise.
- If *file_path* directly references a script file (whether as source
+ If *path_name* directly references a script file (whether as source
or as precompiled byte code), then ``__file__`` will be set to
- *file_path*, and ``__spec__``, ``__loader__`` and
+ *path_name*, and ``__spec__``, ``__loader__`` and
``__package__`` will all be set to :const:`None`.
- If *file_path* is a reference to a valid :data:`sys.path` entry, then
+ If *path_name* is a reference to a valid :data:`sys.path` entry, then
``__spec__`` will be set appropriately for the imported :mod:`__main__`
module (that is, ``__spec__.name`` will always be ``__main__``).
``__file__``, ``__loader__`` and ``__package__`` will be
A number of alterations are also made to the :mod:`sys` module. Firstly,
:data:`sys.path` may be altered as described above. ``sys.argv[0]`` is updated
- with the value of *file_path* and ``sys.modules[__name__]`` is updated
+ with the value of *path_name* and ``sys.modules[__name__]`` is updated
with a temporary module object for the module being executed. All
modifications to items in :mod:`sys` are reverted before the function
returns.