finding dir of main .py file

[Stefan Reichör]

Shane Geiger <sgeiger at ncee.net> writes:

> Some usage of __file__ will always get what you want in various situations:
>
> print __file__
>
> print modulename.__file__
>
> print os.getcwd() + "/" + __file__   
>
>
>
>
>
> Rick Dooling wrote:
>> On Dec 11, 10:08 am, "ron.longo" <long... at npt.nuwc.navy.mil> wrote:
>>   
>>> Is there any way that I can find the path of the main .py file of my
>>> application?
>>>
>>> For example, I have an application with some resources which are in a
>>> subdirectory:
>>>
>>>      myPythonApp.py
>>>      /resources
>>>          image1
>>>          image2
>>>          etc.
>>>     


The following two versions are working for me:

import os, sys

print os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
print os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))



Stefan.

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