Add main program similar to pdb.
diff --git a/Lib/profile.py b/Lib/profile.py
index 7f4abed..51e95cb 100755
--- a/Lib/profile.py
+++ b/Lib/profile.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#! /usr/local/bin/python
#
# Class for profiling python code. rev 1.0 6/2/94
#
@@ -612,3 +613,21 @@
#****************************************************************************
def Stats(*args):
print 'Report generating functions are in the "pstats" module\a'
+
+
+# When invoked as main program, invoke the profiler on a script
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ import sys
+ import os
+ if not sys.argv[1:]:
+ print "usage: profile.py scriptfile [arg] ..."
+ sys.exit(2)
+
+ filename = sys.argv[1] # Get script filename
+
+ del sys.argv[0] # Hide "profile.py" from argument list
+
+ # Insert script directory in front of module search path
+ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(filename))
+
+ run('execfile(' + `filename` + ')')