[Tutor] reference to directory a module is located at

[Dave Angel]

bob gailer wrote:

> Elisha Rosensweig wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > How can I determine the directory in which a module is located, from 
>> > within that module?
>>     
> sys.modules[__name__].__file__
> -- Bob Gailer
Or more simply,
    __file__

But the OP wanted the directory, which can be extracted with method dirname:

import os
print __file__
print os.path.dirname(__file__)