read_dotenv problem

[wolf8963]

Hi

I am working with some sample code from ciscoAxl sdk

part of the sample code is this:

import os #for ciscoaxl sdk
from ciscoaxl import axl #for ciscoaxl sdk
from py_dotenv import read_dotenv
dotenv_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '.env') #orig
read_dotenv(dotenv_path)

however when I run that, I get the following error.

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\itsMe\eclipsePython-workspace\PythonTestMod\Demo.py", line 4, in <module>
    read_dotenv(dotenv_path)
  File "C:\Users\itsMe\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\py_dotenv\dotenv.py", line 10, in read_dotenv
    'Not loading {} - it doesn\'t exists'.format(file_path)
FileNotFoundError: Not loading C:\Users\itsMe\eclipsePython-workspace\PythonTestMod\.env - it doesn't exists

I tried it with quotes around the file "__file__" as suggested in a post somewhere but no luck.

It looks like it is returning most of the environment path, but I dont know what it is looking for with the .env at the end.

Can anyone give any suggestions?
thanks