importing modules and querying module paths

currentModulePath.py

'''
a little test to query the full path of the currently running module
'''

import os
import sys

print 'module name is', __name__ # if the module is not imported, __name__ will return '__main__'. else will return name of current module

print os.path.abspath(__file__) # returns the full path and filename of the current module
print sys.modules[__name__].__file__ # another way to find the current path and filename. returns the exact same thing as os.path.abspath(__file__)

print os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__)) # splits the full path into directory and file name. returns [path, filename.ext]
print os.path.splitdrive(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0]) # splits drive letter from rest of the path returns [drive, path]
print
print dir(os.path)

testImport.py

import currentModulePath