The folder a script is executed in

[aine_canby]

Hi,

How do I find out what folder a script is in while it is executing?
For example, for the file "C:/folder/script.py" contain the following
two lines of code -

myLocation = GetMyLocation()
print myLocation

>C:/folder

Thanks,

Aine.

[Ant]

On Aug 21, 10:10 am, [e-mail] wrote:
....

myLocation = GetMyLocation()
print myLocation

C:/folder

Do you mean the folder containing the script? Or the current working
directory?

If the former, then look at os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]
If the latter, try something like: os.path.abspath(os.curdir)

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[Bjoern Schliessmann]

Ant wrote:

Do you mean the folder containing the script? Or the current
working directory?

If the former, then look at os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]

test.py:
| #!/usr/bin/env python
| import sys,os
| print os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]

$ cd tmp
~/tmp$ ../test.py
...
~/tmp$

That's rather not what's intended. I'd try os.path.abspath(__file__)
instead.

Regards,
Björn

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[Ant]

On Aug 21, 10:47 am, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet-
[e-mail]:

Ant wrote:

....

| print os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]

$ cd tmp
~/tmp$ ../test.py
..
~/tmp$

That's rather not what's intended. I'd try os.path.abspath(__file__)
instead.

Fair point. On Win32 sys.argv[0] always seems to give the full path
rather than the relative path - hadn't realised it was different for
linux (?).

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[Bjoern Schliessmann]

Ant wrote:

Fair point. On Win32 sys.argv[0] always seems to give the full
path rather than the relative path

Strange.

- hadn't realised it was different for linux (?).

Yes, I used GNU/Linux for the example.

Regards,
Björn

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[Benjamin]

On Aug 21, 4:10 am, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi,

How do I find out what folder a script is in while it is executing?

For example, for the file "C:/folder/script.py" contain the following
two lines of code -

myLocation = GetMyLocation()
print myLocation

def GetMyLocation():
runningFile = sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __file__
return os.path.dirname(runningFile)

>

C:/folder

Thanks,

Aine.

[kyosohma]

On Aug 21, 10:23 am, Benjamin <[e-mail]:

On Aug 21, 4:10 am, [e-mail] wrote:Hi,

How do I find out what folder a script is in while it is executing?

For example, for the file "C:/folder/script.py" contain the following
two lines of code -

myLocation = GetMyLocation()
print myLocation

def GetMyLocation():
runningFile = sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __file__
return os.path.dirname(runningFile)

>C:/folder

Thanks,

Aine.

As I understand it, this is one portable way to do it:

path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.a rgv[0]),
'.'))

Mike

[Benjamin]

On Aug 21, 10:23 am, Benjamin <[e-mail]:

On Aug 21, 4:10 am, [e-mail] wrote:Hi,

How do I find out what folder a script is in while it is executing?

For example, for the file "C:/folder/script.py" contain the following
two lines of code -

myLocation = GetMyLocation()
print myLocation

def GetMyLocation():
runningFile = sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __file__
return os.path.dirname(runningFile)

never mind that above
def GetMyLocation():
if __name__ == "__main__":
runningFile = sys.argv[0] if os.path.isabs(sys.argv[0]) else
os.path.abs(sys.argv[0])
else:
runningFile = __file__
return runningFile

>

>C:/folder

Thanks,

Aine.