The file executing

[Benjamin]

How does one get the path to the file currently executing (not the
cwd). Thank you

[Justin Ezequiel]

On Jul 3, 9:40 am, Benjamin <[e-mail]:

How does one get the path to the file currently executing (not the
cwd). Thank you

os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])

[Benjamin]

On Jul 2, 9:47 pm, Justin Ezequiel <[e-mail]>
wrote:

On Jul 3, 9:40 am, Benjamin <[e-mail]:

How does one get the path to the file currently executing (not the
cwd). Thank you

os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])

The returns the file that was called first, but not the one currently
executing...

[Benjamin]

On Jul 3, 8:56 am, Sebastian Wiesner <[e-mail]:

[ Benjamin <[e-mail]]

On Jul 2, 9:47 pm, Justin Ezequiel <[e-mail]>

wrote:

On Jul 3, 9:40 am, Benjamin <[e-mail]:
How does one get the path to the file currently executing (not the
cwd). Thank you

os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])

The returns the file that was called first, but not the one currently
executing...

Use __file__ instead of sys.argv[0]

So:
if __name__ == "main":
currentDir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
else:
currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__)

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[Gabriel Genellina]

En Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:15:22 -0300, Benjamin <mu**************@gmail.com>
escribió:

How does one get the path to the file currently executing (not the
cwd). Thank you

So:
if __name__ == "main":
currentDir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
else:
currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__)

I think you meant to test for "__main__", but anyway, this should be
enough:
currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
or perhaps os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)). Try to determine
that early in your program because __file__ may contain a relative path
(and will give a wrong result after changing the current directory).

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[Benjamin]

On Jul 9, 6:42 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <[e-mail]:

En Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:15:22 -0300, Benjamin <[e-mail]
escribió:

How does one get the path to the file currently executing (not the
cwd). Thank you

So:
if __name__ == "main":
currentDir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
else:
currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__)

I think you meant to test for "__main__", but anyway, this should be

Yes

enough:
currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
or perhaps os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)). Try to determine
that early in your program because __file__ may contain a relative path
(and will give a wrong result after changing the current directory).

I do it right at the top of the first module. Thanks for the help.

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