finding dir of main .py file

[ron.longo]

Nope, maybe I'm not explaining myself well.

When I do os.getenv('HOME') I get back None.

According to the docs, 'HOME' is the user's home directory on some
platforms.  Which is not what I want.

What I want is the directory in which an application's main .py file
resides.  That is, when I type: python MyApp.py, I want to know in which
directory does MyApp.py reside?


Thanks,
Ron



Rick Dooling-2 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.
> 
> I just put the reference in my module. Don't hard code an absolute
> path, use the environment tools.
> 
> app_path = os.getenv('HOME') + "/your_sub_dir"
> 
> resources_path = os.getenv('HOME') + "/your_sub_dir/resources"
> 
> If there's another way, someone else will jump in.
> 
> rd
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