finding dir of main .py file

[Ron Provost]

Thanks, didn't realize it would be quite so easy.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Nordhoff" <mnordhoff at mattnordhoff.com>
To: "ron.longo" <longorh at npt.nuwc.navy.mil>
Cc: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: finding dir of main .py file


> ron.longo wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> Shane is right.
> 
>>>> print __file__
> 
>>>> print modulename.__file__
> 
> Just call os.path.dirname() on __file__ to get the directory.
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