FILE equivalent in Python; get the path to current file in Python

Posted by Codehead on November 6, 2008 at 3:09 pm · Under Python

Update:
There is __file__ in Python.

You could do this as suggested by some but I don’t know why:

import inspect
this_file = inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_filename

I hope this helps

4 Comments for FILE equivalent in Python; get the path to current file in Python

Adam Gomaa said,

November 25, 2008 @ 2:11 pm

It’s __file__ in Python.
Codehead said,

November 25, 2008 @ 2:20 pm

Hey, I know now, it’s very silly but I was searching for it and this was what I found!
nancy said,

January 5, 2009 @ 8:22 pm

The problem with __file__ is that it doesn’t always work. Using the inspect module is more robust.
Codehead said,

January 5, 2009 @ 8:37 pm

Hey, thanks for the info, it would be nice if you could explain this a little more though. Thanks!