Question

I have 2 modules

mexec1.py

def exec1func():
    print 'exec1'
    exec 'c:/python27/exec2.py'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    exec1func()

exec2.py

def exec2func(parm=''):
    print 'exec2 parm',parm

if __name__ == '__main__':
    exec2func(parm='')

From exec1.py I want to call exec2func of the exec2.py using only exec or execfile…I don’t want subprocess.Popen..

Answer 1

Use import instead:

def exec1func():
    from exec2 import exec2func
    exec2func()

If you want to import using the full path, use imp.load_source:

import imp

def exec1func():
    exec2 = imp.load_source('exec2', 'c:/python27/exec2.py')
    exec2.exec2func()