automatically get absolute paths

[oclmedyb]

Hello,
I want to automatically convert relative paths to absolute paths.


dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
os.path.join(dirname, r'relative/path/file.txt')

This worked fine but I used this in several places so I thought it makes sense to put it in a separate module. So I did. But when I import it, __file__ points to the module, not to the calling file.

I could give __file__ as an argument enverytime I call that function but it would be easier if I don't have to do that. Any ideas?

Thats the (very simple) function:

import os
def AbsPath(relPath):
    dirName = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    absPath = os.path.join(dirName, relPath)
    return absPath