How can I import a py script by its absolute path name?

could ildg could.net at gmail.com
Fri Jul 15 10:06:44 EDT 2005


Thank you for your help.
It's really useful for me.

On 7/14/05, Chris Lambacher <lambacck at computer.org> wrote:
> You probably actually want:
> 
> import sys
> sys.path.instert(0, r'c:\xxx\yyy')
> m = __import__('zzz', globals(),  locals(), [])
> del sys.path[0]
> 
> Because if another module named zzz exists in your path.  Appending will pick
> those versions up first.  Then you delete the path you just added so that you
> don't have any problems importing other modules that may have the same names a
> python files in the path you just added.
> 
> -Chris
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 02:52:31PM +0300, Edvard Majakari wrote:
> > could ildg <could.net at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > I want to import c:\xxx\yyy\zzz.py into my programme,
> > > What should I do?
> > > Thank you~
> >
> > import sys
> > sys.path.append('c:\xxx\yyy')
> > import zzz
> >
> > (Untested, similar idiom would work in *nix systems, never programmed in
> > Windows)
> >
> > However, I guess it is not very usual you should need to import stuff from
> > arbitrary locations. Consider publishing those modules in normal Python
> > include path (just see what ''print sys.path'' produces)
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