what does __file__ mean in getting abspath

[Malt]

I'm exploring Django framework and in manage.py, I could see statement
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

I can understand till os.path.dirname and os.path.abspath, but what does __file__ mean?. Are we defining it anywhere?
I'm newbie to Python development, please bare my queries

[buran]

Did you try to print __file__ and check for yourself? :-)

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[Malt]

Did you try to print __file__ and check for yourself? :-)

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Well.. I just did that .. its pointing to self (the same file)

[buran]

Well.. I just did that Big Grin Big Grin .. its pointing to self (the same file)

good. I hope you also go trough other import related module attributes in my link...

[Axel_Erfurt]

I'm exploring Django framework and in manage.py, I could see statement
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

you can also use this one:

import sys
print(sys.argv[0])

[Malt]

good. I hope you also go trough other import related module attributes in my link...

sorry I missed out the link, can you please share it here

[buran]

Import related module attributes

[Malt]

Import related module attributes

Thank you..!!

[Gribouillis]

This search engine gives very good results too.

[Axel_Erfurt]

Zeal - offline documentation browser is also a good help.