From 46bf2fbe7275f6d7e6a99f07b7aa9d5d892432ea 2020-04-26 23:50:14
From: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2020-04-26 23:50:14
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #12262 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-12261-on-7.x

Backport PR #12261 on branch 7.x (Do not exit if self.interact is True)
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diff --git a/IPython/core/shellapp.py b/IPython/core/shellapp.py
index 33052c4..9e8bfbf 100644
--- a/IPython/core/shellapp.py
+++ b/IPython/core/shellapp.py
@@ -418,7 +418,8 @@ class InteractiveShellApp(Configurable):
                 fname = os.path.join(fname, "__main__.py")
             if not os.path.exists(fname):
                 self.log.warning("File '%s' doesn't exist", fname)
-                self.exit(2)
+                if not self.interact:
+                    self.exit(2)
             try:
                 self._exec_file(fname, shell_futures=True)
             except: