Find path to currently running file

Question

How can I find the full path to the currently running Python script? That is to say, what do I have to do to achieve this:

$ pwd
/tmp
$ python baz.py
running         


        

Answer 1

I would suggest

import os, sys
print os.path.split(os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])))[0]

This way you can safely create symbolic links to the script executable and it will still find the correct directory.