On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:19:18 -0700, MRAB wrote:

> On Mar 13, 4:25 am, "David S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>> I have an error occurring at
>>     self.build_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.split(__file__)[0])
>>
>> The error states 'NameError: global name '__file__' is not defined'
>>
>> In Python 2.5 I ran my script as a module in IDLE gui. How does _file_ get
>> defined?
>>
> Do you perhaps mean '__name__'?

I guess not.  It makes more sense to apply path functions to `__file__`
than to `__name__`.

Ciao,
        Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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