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Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 17:10:44 +0100
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On 24/05/2011 17:04, RVince wrote:
> Ha! You;re right -- but is there a way to get it without the filename
> appended at the end?

Well, just use the functions in os.path, specifically os.path.dirname...

TJG