There are two options I’m aware of. One, change the PYTHONPATH environment variable to include the directory above your module. Alternatively, edit ~/.pylintrc to include the directory above your module, like this: [MASTER] init-hook=’import sys; sys.path.append(“/path/to/root”)’ (Or in other version of pylint, the init-hook requires you to change [General] to [MASTER]) Both of these options … Read more
If you’re using bash (on a Mac or GNU/Linux distro), add this to your ~/.bashrc export PYTHONPATH=”${PYTHONPATH}:/my/other/path”
os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) is indeed the best you’re going to get. It’s unusual to be executing a script with exec/execfile; normally you should be using the module infrastructure to load scripts. If you must use these methods, I suggest setting __file__ in the globals you pass to the script so it can read that filename. There’s no … Read more
You know what has worked for me really well on windows. My Computer > Properties > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables > Just add the path as C:\Python27 (or wherever you installed python) OR Then under system variables I create a new Variable called PythonPath. In this variable I have C:\Python27\Lib;C:\Python27\DLLs;C:\Python27\Lib\lib-tk;C:\other-folders-on-the-path This is the … Read more