runes wrote: > Thanks! > > That's os.path.basename() I guess. It's better, but still complex.
Yea murphy's typo ;) > I have a > _nof_ = argv[0].split(sep)[-1] in my script template and use it under > the usage() function to tell what the script does, like: > "cf.py counts files in directory or directory structure" > > If I change the filename, I want it to be automatically reflected when > running the script. That's the motivation. Generally I do it the very same way just spell it different. os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) > I have the feeling that I came a cross some very simple way to extract > the filename, but I can't find my mental note ;-) Maybe you found some black magic ;) M.E.Farmer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list