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pythonpathpackagesetup.py
Leemosh
Leemosh

Reputation: 905

Pathing with setup.py entry_points

Wasn't really sure how to grab this problem of mine but.. I'm a beginner with packaging and setup.py. I have a script in a directory.

Directory:

-root-
--setup.py (setup file in root dir)

-srcdir (dir with src code)
  --script.py (script in srcdir - WITH function main())

-confdir (dir with conf file)
  --config.conf (config itself)

I installed it with python setup.py bdist_wheel and then pip install -e . from root directory where the setup.py file is. My setup.py file contains an entry point entry_points={"console_scripts": {"fish=script:main"}} (it means that I can call fish from anywhere with cmd and it runs the main() function in script.py file).

Now I have a question. From the script.py file - I'm reading config.conf. If I call fish from any directory I'm not able to access the config file bcs I'm using relative path in the script.py. Is there a way of accessing it without using the absolute pathing?

Baically I need relative pathing from the script I'm running and not the directory I'm in with cmd. Is there a way?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 630

Answers (1)

a_guest
a_guest

Reputation: 36289

If the config file was another Python module, you could simply import it:

from ..confdir import config

However since it seems to be some other kind of file, you can use the __file__ variable to create a path relative to script.py:

from pathlib import Path

conf_path = Path(__file__).parents[1] / 'confdir' / 'config.conf'

And don't forget to include config.conf in your MANIFEST.in (+ use include_package_data=True in setup.py).

Upvotes: 2

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