*** getpathp.c	Thu Dec 11 15:18:20 2003
--- //harvard/devel_lib/rex_python_build/PC/getpathp.c	Thu Dec 11 15:19:44 2003
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*** 649,654 ****
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  /* External interface */
  
+ void
+ Py_SetSysPaths(const char* module_path, const char* prefiX,
+                const char* execprefix, const char* fullpath)
+ {
+     if (prefix)
+         strncpy(prefix, prefiX, MAXPATHLEN);
+ 
+     
+     /* on Win32 systems execprefix isn't used */
+ 
+     if (fullpath)
+         strncpy(progpath, fullpath, MAXPATHLEN);
+ 
+     if (module_path) {
+         module_search_path = PyMem_Malloc(strlen(module_path) + 1);
+         if (module_search_path != NULL) {
+             strcpy(module_search_path, module_path);
+         }
+         else {
+             /* if the module_path can't be set, reset everyting
+                else as well and we'll fall back to the old way of
+                doing things. */
+             prefix[0] = progpath[0] = '\0';
+         }
+     }
+ }
+ 
+ 
  char *
  Py_GetPath(void)
  {
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  		calculate_path();
  	return progpath;
  }
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