[Tutor] Current path (of program)

[Omer]

No, I shouldn't think it is. Lots o' folk use this list in archived mode and
the important bit is that each question comes with an answer, regardless of
the actual persons involved.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Adrian Greyling <adrian.greyling at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Is it a faux pas to answer your own question??  I found this after I
> tweaked my search terms..
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> From "Dive Into Python" (
> http://diveintopython.org/functional_programming/finding_the_path.html)<http://diveintopython.org/functional_programming/finding_the_path.html>
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> pathname = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
> currpath = os.path.abspath(pathname)
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> "Regardless of how you run a script, sys.argv[0] will always contain the
> name of the script, exactly as it appears on the command line.  This may or
> may not include any path information.  os.path.dirname takes a filename as a
> string and returns the directory path portion. If the given filename does
> not include any path information, os.path.dirname returns an empty string.
>  os.path.abspath is the key here. It takes a pathname, which can be partial
> or even blank, and returns a fully qualified pathname."
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> Sorry about that folks...
> Adrian
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> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Adrian Greyling <
> adrian.greyling at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I've been using "os.getcwd()" to get my program's "current path".  I know
>> it's actually returning my "current working directory", but it's been
>> working okay, until today...  I used py2exe (and InnoSetup) to create a
>> standalone executable (for Windows) and then a shortcut icon on the desktop
>> to "MyProg.exe".  Problem is, now "os.getcwd()" returns "C:\Documents and
>> Settings\ME\Desktop\" as it's current working directory, not the "C:\Program
>> Files\MyCoolProgram\" that I was expecting.
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>> I'm trying to use a "relative path reference" so that the user can install
>> the program to whatever directory he/she wants, but that my program won't
>> "lose track" of the subdirectories it requires for additional files.
>>
>> Anyone run into the same sort of problem?  Better yet, anyone know how to
>> solve this?
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>> Adrian
>>
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