How to retrieve the filename of a module

[mku]

Hi,

there´s a function inside a module. How can these function retrieve
the path+name of his module ? (The path is most important).
That should also work if the module is part of a package.

Thanks in advance

Martin

 

[Lawrence Oluyede]

Hi,

there´s a function inside a module. How can these function retrieve
the path+name of his module ? (The path is most important).
That should also work if the module is part of a package.

rhymes@voodoo:~ $ cat > test.py
print __file__
import os
print os.path.abspath(__file__)

rhymes@voodoo:~ $ python test.py
test.py
/home/rhymes/test.py

Bye

 

[Lawrence Oluyede]

rhymes@voodoo:~ $ cat > test.py
print __file__
import os
print os.path.abspath(__file__)

rhymes@voodoo:~ $ python test.py
test.py
/home/rhymes/test.py

Also __name__ for the name of the module

 

[Jim O'D]

Hi,

there´s a function inside a module. How can these function retrieve
the path+name of his module ? (The path is most important).
That should also work if the module is part of a package.

Thanks in advance

Martin

Try the following in the function:

import traceback
f = traceback.extract_stack(limit=2)

If you output f to the interpreter, you'll see the filename but I don't
know what position in the output list it is guaranteed to be.

Jim