For a while now I have been using the command below in a python file to
determine the name of the python file that I use to launch an application
(i.e.IF I go 'python junk.py' I want to get 'junk.py'). The command I have use
that I came across somewhere some time ago was
sys.modules['__main__'].__dict__['__file__']
Now this works fine for the standard python interpretter but when I use ipython
(I'm using the enthought distribution 6.1) this command returns
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.1/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/FakeModule.py
I discovered this when I was tracking down inconsistencies/errors between the
matplotlib in the enthought distribution depending on whether you use python or
ipython. My question is this: Is the way I'm getting the file name the
recommended way or did I pick up a bit of flaky advice?
I'm puzzled by the matplot lib errors (the y axes on imgshow() show problems in
python but appear to 1st order to be OK in ipython) ... but I'll pursue that at
the Matplotlib, enthought and ipython forums once I've been able to run a
broader cross-section of my codes.
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