I've got an app that needs to read and parse a data file (a RADIUS
dictionary, not a Python "dictionary" but a flat file).  I want to
include this file in my egg so I don't have to depend on the OS having
RADIUS installed.

In the application's top-level setup.py, I add my data/ subdir to the
package_data list:

    package_data={'bianca': ['i18n/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo', 'data/*']},

and see that the files in data/ get added to my egg.  Good so far. 

What path do I use to reference that file for reading?  Again, I am
trying to avoid hard-coded absolute filesystem paths.  But trying paths
like:

  freeradius_dictionary
  /data/freeradius_dictionary
  /bianca/data/freeradius_dictionary
  /bianca/freeradius_dictionary

didn't work for me: file not found.

What's the pattern for paths to files that live inside eggs, rather than
on the larger filesystem? Is there some PATH I need to specify to the
app or Pylons? Something else?

Thanks.

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