module path?

[akonsu]

On Sep 28, 7:51 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:41:36 -0700, akonsu wrote:
> > hello,
>
> > is there a way to determine the file location of a loaded module?
> > assuming it is not built in.
>
> > import settings
> > print settings
>
> > produces: <module 'settings' from 'd:\ko\mysite\settings.pyc'>
>
> > i would like to get to this path somehow other than by parsing the
> > string representation of the module. is there a property on
> > types.ModuleType? i could not find anything...
>
> Did you look at dir(settings) for a list of method and attribute names?
>
> Look at module.__file__. But be careful because some modules are "built
> in", that is, they don't actually exist as a separate file and are part
> of the Python compiler. E.g.:
>
> >>> import sys
> >>> sys.__file__
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__file__'>>> sys
>
> <module 'sys' (built-in)>
>
> --
> Steven

thanks! i did not know about dir() method.
konstantin