On a windows system.
I'm trying to get a Mcmillian created program to be 'independent' but
the first thing I need to do is find out where the program is being
run from, not the shortcut but the generated exe. This is where I keep
all the set-up files that I need to access.
Currently I have a fixed directory but don?t want to write anything
into the registry.
Is there a reg setting though that gives the address of the last run
program (presumably my program) or something like a working directory
setting.
I don?t want to have to search for the program through the directory
structure as that would be very time consuming.

Any Ideas out there would be very welcome
Thanks

"Adrian Smith" asks,[color=blue]
> On a windows system.
> I'm trying to get a Mcmillian created program to be 'independent' but
> the first thing I need to do is find out where the program is being
> run from, not the shortcut but the generated exe. This is where I keep
> all the set-up files that I need to access.
> Currently I have a fixed directory but don?t want to write anything
> into the registry.
> Is there a reg setting though that gives the address of the last run
> program (presumably my program) or something like a working directory
> setting.
> I don?t want to have to search for the program through the directory
> structure as that would be very time consuming.
>[/color]

I think you're looking for:

import os
print os.path.dirname(__file__)


HTH,

Emile van Sebille
emile@fenx.com