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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/update.py b/youtube_dl/update.py
index 676ebe1c4..ebce9666a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/update.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/update.py
@@ -83,11 +83,8 @@ def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
print_notes(to_screen, versions_info['versions'])
- filename = sys.argv[0]
- # Py2EXE: Filename could be different
- if hasattr(sys, 'frozen') and not os.path.isfile(filename):
- if os.path.isfile(filename + '.exe'):
- filename += '.exe'
+ # sys.executable is set to the full pathname of the exe-file for py2exe
+ filename = sys.executable if hasattr(sys, 'frozen') else sys.argv[0]
if not os.access(filename, os.W_OK):
to_screen('ERROR: no write permissions on %s' % filename)
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
# Py2EXE
if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
- exe = os.path.abspath(filename)
+ exe = filename
directory = os.path.dirname(exe)
if not os.access(directory, os.W_OK):
to_screen('ERROR: no write permissions on %s' % directory)