1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index f408bf3a46..3bbf76b25d 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1164,7 +1164,12 @@ see no sign that the breakpoint was reached.
         self._wait_for_mainpyfile = 1
         self.mainpyfile = self.canonic(filename)
         self._user_requested_quit = 0
-        statement = 'execfile( "%s")' % filename
+        fp = open(filename)
+        try:
+            script = fp.read()
+        finally:
+            fp.close()
+        statement = 'exec("%s")' % script
         self.run(statement)
 
 # Simplified interface