Question

I have this python script which sits in

/some/folder/foo.py

So if I am in /some/folder and do

python foo.py

the script runs great. Now I want to take this path /some/folder as an argument, so that I can run this script when in different folder.

something like if I am in /a/different/folder and from this folder I want to execute

foo.py

How do i do this?
Thanks

Answer 1

Recommendation would be to do the opposite, accept a parameter to run the script in, if its not provided to current directory.

foo.py <path_to_run_script_on>

Then all you have to do is make sure foo.py is on your path.

import sys
import os
if __name__=="__main__":
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
   p = sys.argv[1]
 else:
  p = os.path.abspath(os.path.curdir)

 print p