Is a python script aware of its stored location path?

Question

/home/bar/foo/test.py:

I am trying test.py to print /home/bar/foo irrespective of from where I run the script from:

import os
def foo():
  print os.getcwd()

test run:

[/home/bar $] python /home/bar/foo/test.py        # echoes /home/bar
[/tmp $] python /home/bar/foo/test.py             # echoes /tmp

os.getcwd() not the function for the task. How can I get this done otherwise?

Answer 1

Try this:

import os.path
p = os.path.abspath(__file__)