Path question

[R C]

oops...   I meant dirname instead of basename

On 10/18/20 11:47 PM, R C wrote:
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> Hi Phil,
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> I was a little late reading the posts, but when it works it works.
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> just in case you were curious:
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> it takes '3' lines, but can wrie it as a one liner;
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> The first command line option, index 0 is the "command" it is executed 
> with;  argv[0] it always exists
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> in python: |sys.argv[0]|
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> |then, get the "directory name" from it; the basename  in python: 
> |||os.path.||basename|(/path/)|
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> |for example (basename('/my/path/to/script.py") would be 
> "|||/my/path/to"||
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> |then change to that directory:  chdir; in python : |||os.chdir()||
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> ||so at the beginning of your python script a line like:||
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> On 10/18/20 11:26 PM, Phil wrote:
>> On 19/10/20 1:39 pm, R C wrote:
>>> might be a little late, but just saw this.
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>>> Why don't you set the working/current directory in your script?
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>> Thanks Ron for you suggestion. After a good night's sleep I had 
>> solved the problem with a simple bash script.
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