how to get the path of a module (myself) ?

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Stef Mientki wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I've pictures stored in a path relative to my python source code.
> To get a picture, I need to know what path I'm on in each python module.
> I thought __file__ would do the job,
> but apparently I didn't read the documentation carefully enough,
> because file is the path to the module that called my module.
> 
> Any ways to get the path of "myself" ?
> 
I'm not sure what you mean. I just did a quick test.

# File: C:\Quick test\child.py
print "name is %s" % __name__
print "file is %s" % __file__

# File: C:\Quick test\parent.py
import child

print "name is %s" % __name__
print "file is %s" % __file__

# Output:
name is child
file is C:\Quick test\child.py
name is __main__
file is C:\Quick test\parent.py