On Sep 28, 7:51 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:41:36 -0700, akonsu wrote: > > hello, > > > is there a way to determine the file location of a loaded module? > > assuming it is not built in. > > > import settings > > print settings > > > produces: <module 'settings' from 'd:\ko\mysite\settings.pyc'> > > > i would like to get to this path somehow other than by parsing the > > string representation of the module. is there a property on > > types.ModuleType? i could not find anything... > > Did you look at dir(settings) for a list of method and attribute names? > > Look at module.__file__. But be careful because some modules are "built > in", that is, they don't actually exist as a separate file and are part > of the Python compiler. E.g.: > > >>> import sys > >>> sys.__file__ > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__file__'>>> sys > > <module 'sys' (built-in)> > > -- > Steven
thanks! i did not know about dir() method. konstantin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list