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- Subject: Script filename introspection
- From: Jean-Claude Wippler <jcw@...>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:29:08 -0800
Is there a (preferred) way to determine inside a script what file it was
loaded from? I'm trying to make scripts load what they need themselves,
so they become self-contained. Python has __file__, while Tcl has [info
source] for this. With that, one can do the equivalent of "dofile('../a-
file-next-to-this-one')", regardless of how the first script was loaded.
Somewhat related, is there a way to mimic Python's "if name=='__main__'"?
This makes it easy to include tests and sample code in any source file,
yet also use the same file for loading common scripts needed in other
contexts. One solution I can think of, is that if the first issue is
solved, then scripts can achieve this effect by having code of the form:
if the_name_of_this_script==the_name_of_the_main_script then
... tests, demos, etc ...
end
-jcw