How do you show the path of the current running python module?
Which would print /Users/user/documents/python/bla.py if bla.py was placed in /Users/user/documents/python/.
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systempuntoout
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If you want a module to know where it's at even when imported, you should be able to use
import sys
sys.modules[__name__].__file__
I know this includes the absolute path on my linux system but I've heard it said that it doesn't on Windows.
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It doesn't include absolute path even on linux system. Tested against Debian linux 6 – Tyler Liu Nov 17 '11 at 11:43
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@Tyler weird. I was running ubuntu 10.04 at the time I posted this answer. Thanks for the heads up. – aaronasterling Nov 17 '11 at 21:06
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import os
print os.path.abspath(__file__)
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2It should be noted that this only works for files in the same directory as the file that was invoked to start execution of the program. – aaronasterling Nov 26 '10 at 22:32
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@aaron you are right, I think it should fit what OP is asking for – systempuntoout Nov 26 '10 at 22:33