From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:39:34 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Correct sys.path[0] when used stand-alone
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Correct sys.path[0] when used stand-alone
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diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 60b34125665c..62927a373002 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -496,13 +496,16 @@ def help():
 # When invoked as main program, invoke the debugger on a script
 if __name__=='__main__':
 	import sys
+	import os
 	if not sys.argv[1:]:
 		print "usage: pdb.py scriptfile [arg] ..."
 		sys.exit(2)
 
-	# Get the module name and function name, if present
-	filename = sys.argv[1]
+	filename = sys.argv[1]	# Get script filename
+
+	del sys.argv[0]		# Hide "pdb.py" from argument list
 
-	del sys.argv[0]
+	# Insert script directory in front of module search path
+	sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(filename))
 
 	run('execfile(' + `filename` + ')', {'__name__': '__main__'})