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I want to detect whether module has changed. Now, using inotify is simple, you just need to know the directory you want to get notifications from.
How do I retrieve a module's path in python?
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Packages support one more special attribute, __path__ . This is initialized to be a list containing the name of the directory holding the package's __init__.py before the code in that file is executed. This variable can be modified; doing so affects future searches for modules and subpackages contained in the package.
Usually the Python library is located in the site-packages folder within the Python install directory, however, if it is not located in the site-packages folder and you are uncertain where it is installed, here is a Python sample to locate Python modules installed on your computer.
Location of Modules package main directory. Default value is /usr/share/Modules .
If you change __path__ , you can force the interpreter to look in a different directory for modules belonging to that package. This would allow you to, e.g., load different versions of the same module based on runtime conditions.
import a_module print(a_module.__file__) Will actually give you the path to the .pyc file that was loaded, at least on Mac OS X. So I guess you can do:
import os path = os.path.abspath(a_module.__file__) You can also try:
path = os.path.dirname(a_module.__file__) To get the module's directory.
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