Tom E H wrote: > Larry Bates wrote: >> Tom E H wrote: >>> My Python application includes some data files that need to be accessed >>> by modules I distribute with it. >>> >>> Where can I put them, and how should I arrange my code, so that it works >>> across platforms? >>> >> I almost always send along an application.ini file and put the location >> of where my data is to be stored in that file instead of imbedding (or >> worse, hard-coding) it in the application program itself. > >> Something like: >> >> [init] >> debug=0 >> quiet=0 >> datafilepath=/usr/lib/myprogram/datafile > > Well that's great, but how do you access the ini file portably? > > Tom
>From my original post: Then I use ConfigParser in my application... for help on ConfigParser you can do: import ConfigParser help(ConfigParser) -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
