Importing modules from parent folder

Question

I am running Python 2.5.

This is my folder tree:

ptdraft/
  nib.py
  simulations/
    life/
      life.py

(I also have __init

Answer 1

In a Linux system, you can create a soft link from the "life" folder to the nib.py file. Then, you can simply import it like:

import nib