In message <d38a6549-379b-4ece-b391-904e154128b5 at i21g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>, tinauser wrote: > now,the file will be opened only if i give the full path, not if i > give only the name of the file, although the folder is in the path. > what am I missing? The fact that sys.path is not used for that.