We are working with a code repository which is deployed to both Windows and Linux – sometimes in different directories. How should one of the modules inside the project refer to one of the non-Python resources in the project (CSV files, etc.)? If we do something like: thefile = open(‘test.csv’) or: thefile = open(‘../somedirectory/test.csv’) It … Read more
I would like to set a job to run daily in the root crontab. But I would like it to execute it from a particular directory so it can find all the files it needs, since the application has a bunch of relative paths. Anyway, can I tell crontab to run from a particular directory? … Read more
Example: absolute=”/foo/bar” current=”/foo/baz/foo” # Magic relative=”../../bar” How do I create the magic (hopefully not too complicated code…)? 24 Answers 24
I’m building a simple helper script for work that will copy a couple of template files in our code base to the current directory. I don’t, however, have the absolute path to the directory where the templates are stored. I do have a relative path from the script but when I call the script it … Read more
How do I import a Python module given its relative path? For example, if dirFoo contains Foo.py and dirBar, and dirBar contains Bar.py, how do I import Bar.py into Foo.py? Here’s a visual representation: dirFoo\ Foo.py dirBar\ Bar.py Foo wishes to include Bar, but restructuring the folder hierarchy is not an option. 22 s 22 … Read more
Given a path such as “mydir/myfile.txt”, how do I find the file’s absolute path relative to the current working directory in Python? E.g. on Windows, I might end up with: “C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt” 1Best Answer 11 >>> import os >>> os.path.abspath(“mydir/myfile.txt”) ‘C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt’ Also works if it is already an absolute path: >>> import os >>> os.path.abspath(“C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt”) ‘C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt’
I’ve been here: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/ http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#packages Python packages: relative imports python relative import example code does not work Relative imports in python 2.5 Relative imports in Python Python: Disabling relative import and plenty of URLs that I did not copy, some on SO, some on other sites, back when I thought I’d have the solution quickly. … Read more
