How can I use a file inside my app folder in Python? Platform independent of course... something similar to this:
#!/bin/sh
mypath=${0%/*}
LIBDIR=$mypath/modules
How can I use a file inside my app folder in Python? Platform independent of course... something similar to this:
#!/bin/sh
mypath=${0%/*}
LIBDIR=$mypath/modules
You can use os.path
and its functions, which take care of OS-specific paths:
>>> import os
>>> os.path.join('app', 'subdir', 'dir', 'filename.foo')
'app/subdir/dir/filename.foo'
On Windows, it should print out with backslashes.
import os
os.path.join(os.path.curdir, 'file.name')
or
import os
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'file.name')
depending upon whether it's a module (2) or a single script (1), and whether you're invoking it from the same directory (1), or from a different one (2).
Looking at the "attempt" you have in your question, I'd guess that you'd want (1).
In Python 3.4+ you can use pathlib
:
from pathlib import Path
libdir = Path(__file__).resolve().with_name('modules')
How it works: the __file__
attribute contains the pathname of the file from which the module was loaded. You use it to initialize a Path
object , make the path absolute using the resolve()
method and replace the final path component using the with_name()
method.
__file__
contains the module's location. Use the functions in os.path
to extract the directory from it.