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diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index c1a87b3881..3414f4abce 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -2312,10 +2312,27 @@ class DocFileCase(DocTestCase):
)
def DocFileTest(path, package=None, globs=None, **options):
- package = _normalize_module(package)
name = path.split('/')[-1]
- dir = os.path.split(package.__file__)[0]
- path = os.path.join(dir, *(path.split('/')))
+
+ # Interpret relative paths as relative to the given package's
+ # directory (or the current module, if no package is specified).
+ if not os.path.isabs(path):
+ package = _normalize_module(package)
+ if hasattr(package, '__file__'):
+ # A normal package/module.
+ dir = os.path.split(package.__file__)[0]
+ path = os.path.join(dir, *(path.split('/')))
+ elif package.__name__ == '__main__':
+ # An interactive session.
+ if sys.argv[0] != '':
+ dir = os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]
+ path = os.path.join(dir, *(path.split('/')))
+ else:
+ # A module w/o __file__ (this includes builtins)
+ raise ValueError("Can't resolve paths relative to " +
+ "the module %s (it has" % package +
+ "no __file__)")
+
doc = open(path).read()
if globs is None: