Never use relative local disk file system paths in a Java EE web application such as new File(“filename.xml”). For an in depth explanation, see also getResourceAsStream() vs FileInputStream. Never use getRealPath() with the purpose to obtain a location to write files. For an in depth explanation, see also What does servletcontext.getRealPath(“/”) mean and when should … Read more
In the file that has the script, you want to do something like this: import os dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__) filename = os.path.join(dirname, ‘relative/path/to/file/you/want’) This will give you the absolute path to the file you’re looking for. Note that if you’re using setuptools, you should probably use its package resources API instead. UPDATE: I’m responding to … Read more
Assuming that both your directories are real Python packages (do have the __init__.py file inside them), here is a safe solution for inclusion of modules relatively to the location of the script. I assume that you want to do this, because you need to include a set of modules with your script. I use this … Read more
Script vs. Module Here’s an explanation. The short version is that there is a big difference between directly running a Python file, and importing that file from somewhere else. Just knowing what directory a file is in does not determine what package Python thinks it is in. That depends, additionally, on how you load the … Read more