Path relative to exe file location

[Judd Gledhill]

Hello,

I am converting some small scripts to exe files to host on a Citrix server. I am hoping to be able to get the path to the .exe file so I can traverse to folders next to the exe file itself. Right now I use:

script_path = os.path.abspath(__file__) #path to this script

But this fails at runtime with the exe file. I read the notes about __file__ but do not want to bundle the files into the exe itself. How can I find the path to the exe that is running?

Thanks,

Judd

[Chris Barker]

I think you need to special-case when it's frozen:

# determine if application is a script file or frozen exe
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
    application_path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
elif __file__:
    application_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)

from:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/404744/determining-application-path-in-a-python-exe-generated-by-pyinstaller

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[Judd Gledhill]

Thanks Christopher. That worked a treat, though that Stackoverflow article got s bit confusing when you read down it a bit. Thank you for the help.

Judd

[bwoodsend]

though that Stackoverflow article got s bit confusing when you read down it a bit

Ughh, that’s mostly because every answer on there is wrong. (At least now I know why those snippets keep appearing on the issue tracker.)

Note that you’re specifically looking for the executable path whereas that Stackoverflow question is asking about application resources so sys.executable is right for your use case but wrong for what that question is about.

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[bwoodsend]

Actually, on rereading, it looks like the question was specifically asking the external files next to the application question. It’s just that most of the answers were for the wrong question.

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