Whoops. I should read more carefully. I thought he said the path to the module itself. Yes, os.path.dirname(__file__) works. If you want an absolute path (rather than a relative path), use: os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) I would find this more useful if the path will be passed around. -- ~ Matthew Strax-Haber National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center (LaRC) Co-op, Safety-Critical Avionics Systems Branch Student, Northeastern University W: 757-864-7378; C: 561-704-0029 matthew.strax-ha...@nasa.gov
________________________________ From: Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:48:40 -0500 To: Python Tutor <tutor@python.org> Subject: Re: [Tutor] reference to directory a module is located at bob gailer wrote: > Elisha Rosensweig wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > How can I determine the directory in which a module is located, from >> > within that module? >> > sys.modules[__name__].__file__ > -- Bob Gailer Or more simply, __file__ But the OP wanted the directory, which can be extracted with method dirname: import os print __file__ print os.path.dirname(__file__) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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