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</para>
</section>
+ <section id='ref-tasks-devpyshell'>
+ <title><filename>do_devpyshell</filename></title>
+
+ <para>
+ Starts a shell in which an interactive Python interpreter allows
+ you to interact with the BitBake build environment.
+ From within this shell, you can directly examine and set
+ bits from the data store and execute functions as if within
+ the BitBake environment.
+ See the
+ "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#platdev-appdev-devpyshell'>Using a Development Python Shell</ulink>"
+ section in the Yocto Project Development Manual for more
+ information about using <filename>devpyshell</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
<section id='ref-tasks-devshell'>
<title><filename>do_devshell</filename></title>