prefix for installed scripts

[vincent wehren]

Kim Kulak wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've run into a small problem with my first python program.
> 
> I'm writing this program on Debian Linux so python is installed in /usr 
> and sys.prefix is '/usr'. I've written a setup.py script and installed 
> my program and it's configuration data with prefix = '/usr/local'. It 
> installs exactly where I want it, but when I run my program 'sys.prefix' 
> is '/usr' (where python is installed) and not '/usr/local' (where my 
> program is installed.
> 
> My question is: how do I find where _my_ program was installed?
> 
> TIA,
> Kim
> 
> P.S.
> Is anybody working on: "python setup.py uninstall" ?
> 
How about os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]?

HTH,

Vincent Wehren