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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst index 2cbf95bcf53..c78dfe1aafa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst @@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ Directory and files operations :envvar:`PATH` environment variable is read from :data:`os.environ`, falling back to :data:`os.defpath` if it is not set. + If *cmd* contains a directory component, :func:`!which` only checks the + specified path directly and does not search the directories listed in + *path* or in the system's :envvar:`PATH` environment variable. + On Windows, the current directory is prepended to the *path* if *mode* does not include ``os.X_OK``. When the *mode* does include ``os.X_OK``, the Windows API ``NeedCurrentDirectoryForExePathW`` will be consulted to |