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Created February 24, 2017 21:09
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Python `open` files relative to executing script
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open.py
# In order open a file relative to the executing script path (vs relative to the working directory of the python interpreter)
# use:
import os
path = 'a/relative/file/path/to/this/script/file.txt'
with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), path), 'r') as input_file:
content = input_file.read()
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