Finding the local directory of a file in the python path

[are Dogue]

Nevermind...
os.path.dirname (__file__)


On May 17, 9:44 pm, are Dogue <are.do... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a problem that I can't seem to solve after quite a bit of
> searching, probably because I can't find the right terms to search
> for.
>
> Basically, here's the situation. Let's say I have a file at ~/foo/bin/
> foo.py that imports a script that at ~/bar/bin/bar.py. The imported
> file needs to load something from '~/bar/bin/data/', but I cannot hard
> code the full path. Instead, what I need is to have something in
> bar.py like
>
> dir = .... # Not sure what this line should be
> datadir = dir + '/data/'
>
> If I use sys.path[0] or os.getcwd(), then when I import the file from
> ~/foo/bin/, I get that dir is '~/foo/bin' rather than '~/bar/bin'
>
> I hope this explanation makes sense. If you have any insights, I would
> be most appreciative.
>
> Thanks
> Are