How do I get the path and name of the file that is currently executing?

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00:00 How Do I Get The Path And Name Of The File That Is Currently Executing?
00:48 Accepted Answer Score 287
01:04 Answer 2 Score 637
01:19 Answer 3 Score 80
01:51 Answer 4 Score 52
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ANSWER 1

Score 637

__file__

as others have said. You may also want to use os.path.realpath to eliminate symlinks:

import os

os.path.realpath(__file__)

ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 287

p1.py:

execfile("p2.py")

p2.py:

import inspect, os
print (inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())) # script filename (usually with path)
print (os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))) # script directory

ANSWER 3

Score 80

I think this is cleaner:

import inspect
print inspect.stack()[0][1]

and gets the same information as:

print inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())

Where [0] is the current frame in the stack (top of stack) and [1] is for the file name, increase to go backwards in the stack i.e.

print inspect.stack()[1][1]

would be the file name of the script that called the current frame. Also, using [-1] will get you to the bottom of the stack, the original calling script.

ANSWER 4

Score 52

import os
os.path.dirname(__file__) # relative directory path
os.path.abspath(__file__) # absolute file path
os.path.basename(__file__) # the file name only