On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Catherine Moroney <catherine.m.moro...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > In what order does python import modules on a Linux system? I have a > package that is both installed in /usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages, > and a newer version of the same module in a working directory. > > I want to import the version from the working directory, but when I > print module.__file__ in the interpreter after importing the module, > I get the version that's in site-packages. > > I've played with the PYTHONPATH environmental variable by setting it > to just the path of the working directory, but when I import the module > I still pick up the version in site-packages. > > /usr/lib64 is in my PATH variable, but doesn't appear anywhere else. I > don't want to remove /usr/lib64 from my PATH because that will break > a lot of stuff. > > Can I force python to import from my PYTHONPATH first, before looking > in the system directory? > > Catherine > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Please import sys and inspect sys.path; this defines the search path for imports. By looking at sys.path, you can see where in the search order your $PYTHONPATH is going. It might actually be better to give your script a command line option that says "Throw the following directory at the beginning of sys.path". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
