Using __file__ makes the code work independently of the way it's loaded. In some cases wic can be imported by another program without executing it. sys.argv[0] would not contain path to the wic in such a cases.
This is an enabler for unit testing with nose framework. Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh <ed.bart...@linux.intel.com> --- scripts/wic | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/wic b/scripts/wic index dcf1a55..fd4a678 100755 --- a/scripts/wic +++ b/scripts/wic @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import optparse import logging # External modules -scripts_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))) +scripts_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) lib_path = scripts_path + '/lib' bitbake_path = os.path.join(scripts_path, '../bitbake/lib') sys.path = sys.path + [lib_path, bitbake_path] -- 2.1.4 -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core