when i import module using
import module_name
is it possible to see where in my hard disk is that module located?
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Duplicate of: stackoverflow.com/questions/269795/…Hugo– Hugo2012-09-24 14:25:47 +00:00Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 14:25
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It is worth mentioning that packages have __file__ attribute which points to __init__.py, they also have __path__ which points to the package directory. So you can use hasattr(module_name, '__path__') and module_name.__path__[0] or module_name.__file__.
Example (in REPL):
import socket, SOAPpy # SOAPpy is a package
socket.__file__
# .../python2.5/socket.pyc
socket.__path__
# AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'
SOAPpy.__file__
# .../2.5/site-packages/SOAPpy/__init__.pyc
SOAPpy.__path__
# ['.../2.5/site-packages/SOAPpy']
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Chris Morgan
Do you have evidence? I just tried it on a package of my own,
__file__ is there (package/__init__.pyc), as it should be, seeing as the "package" import is just a module called __init__. (package.__path__ == ['package'])
Bunny Rabbit
what about functions? can there location be also determined (well the other option seems to be to just check path of the module from which it is being imported and hope that there is not mangling in between.
khachik
@Bunny you can use inspect as @Nedec suggested.
import module_name
module_name.__file__
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You can use module's file attribute to find the location.
import sys
print sys.__file__