python NameError: global name '__file__' is not defined

Question

When I run this code in python 2.7, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File \"C:\\Python26\\Lib\\site-packages\\pyutilib.subprocess-3.5.4\\         


        

Answer 1

I solved it by treating file as a string, i.e. put "__file__" (together with the quotes!) instead of __file__

This works fine for me:

wk_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath('__file__'))