Finding Script Directory

[Fuzzyman]

Thomas Heller <theller at python.net> wrote in message news:<7jtf9412.fsf at python.net>...
> Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:
> 
> > Thomas Heller wrote:
> >
> >> The 'sys.frozen' attribute should be used to determine if the
> >> script runs from py2exe or from a Python module.
> >
> > Okay, so here's my first attempt (without checking whether there
> > is already one in the Cookbook or somewhere) at 'the' canonical
> > way to find the directory in which the main script or .exe (for frozen
> > apps) is found.  Note that this uses sys.frozen and therefore
> > works for frozen apps only if they follow the py2exe mechanism.
> > (Do any of the others?)
> >
> > import sys
> > import os
> > def getRunDir():
> >      try:
> >          sys.frozen
> >      except AttributeError:
> >          path = sys.argv[0]
> >      else:
> >          path = sys.executable
> >
> >      return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(path))
> >
> > Comments?  Anyone have a better name?
> 
> Very similar to what I have.  Here's my version (os.path.abspath should
> probably be added).  I hope it also works with Installer, freeze,
> cx_Freeze, and earlier versions of py2exe (although I never tested that):
> 
> import imp, os, sys
> 
> def main_is_frozen():
>     return (hasattr(sys, "frozen") or # new py2exe
>             hasattr(sys, "importers") # old py2exe
>             or imp.is_frozen("__main__")) # tools/freeze
> 
> def get_main_dir():
>     if main_is_frozen():
>         return os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
>     return os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])


Thanks - that should more than do the trick !
Now just to go back and change all my scripts that probably only work
if run from the right directory.... (assuming files they need will be
in the current directory).. *sigh*

Regards,


Fuzzy

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