[Tutor] path

alan.gauld@bt.com alan.gauld@bt.com
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:15:00 -0000


> ok, I want to have a program tell itself where it lives, so it can
> figure out path information.

OK, you could use the os module commands - getcwd() I think?

BUT...

> I want it to read a config file, but it has to know where it is

I think a better approach for this is to use an Envirinment 
Variable TMCONFIG say and then use os.getenv() to read it. 
That way users have some f;exibility to put the config file 
where they want...

Alan G