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

[Stef Mientki]

MRAB wrote:
> 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
Yes, that's what I (and many others) thought,
but now put your code in a file, let's say the file "test.py",
and now run this file by :
    execfile ( 'test.py' )

cheers,
Stef