Accessing application data portably

[Steve Holden]

Tom E H wrote:
> My Python application includes some data files that need to be accessed by
> modules I distribute with it.
> 
> Where can I put them, and how should I arrange my code, so that it works
> across platforms?
> 
> On Linux, I could install the data to "/usr/lib/myprogram/datafile", and
> on Windows to "datafile" relative to where the executable (made by
> py2exe) is installed.  Then I could detect the operating system, and choose
> appropriately.
> 
> To be that explicit seems undesirable.  Any cleverer ideas?
> 
> Tom
> 
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Sorry, the question seems to have completely gone out of my head ...

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  Steeve
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