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Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 02:08:16 +1000
Subject: Re: Obtaining a full path name from file
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:04 AM, RVince <rvince99@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ha! You;re right -- but is there a way to get it without the filename
> appended at the end?

Parse the file name with the os.path functions:

http://docs.python.org/library/os.path.html

Chris Angelico