path to data files

[Daniel Fetchinson]

>> If a python module requires a data file to run how would I reference
>> this data file in the source in a way that does not depend on whether
>> the module is installed system-wide, installed in $HOME/.local or is
>> just placed in a directory from where the interpreter is fired up? I'd
>> like to always keep the python source and the data file in the same
>> directory, be it /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages,
>> $HOME/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages or
>> /arbitrary/path/to/somewhere.
>>
>
> open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'foo'))

Thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Daniel


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