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Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot

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On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:

> In article <339d9d6d-b000-4cf3-8534-375e0c44b2ca@googlegroups.com>,
>  Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When trying to open an html template within Python script i use a
> relative
> > path to say go one folder back and open index.html
> >
> > f = open( '../' + page )
> >
> > How to say the same thing in an absolute way by forcing Python to detect
> > DocumentRoot by itself?
>
> Can you give us more details of what you're doing.  Is there some web
> framework you're using?  Can you post some code that's not working for
> you?
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Import os

Then read os.environ['HOME']

This will give you the home directory of the user.  in my case:

>>> os.environ['HOME']
'/home/jcg'
>>>

This is probably linux only, but that seems to be the environment you are
working in .



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Joel Goldstick
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Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 05:51 -0800
  Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 09:01 -0500
    Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 06:32 -0800
      Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 09:39 -0500
    Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 06:32 -0800
  Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-17 01:03 -0800
  Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-01-17 05:51 -0800
  Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-17 09:09 -0500
    Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-01-17 10:14 -0500
      Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 05:02 -0800
        Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 08:28 -0500
          Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 10:58 -0800
            Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 14:11 -0500
            Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-19 08:34 +1100
              Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-19 00:01 -0800
                Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 11:49 -0700
              Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-19 00:01 -0800
                Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-01-19 21:01 +0100
                Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 22:25 -0800
                Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-21 07:33 -0500
                Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:55 -0800
                Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 11:42 -0700
                Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:55 -0800
          Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 10:58 -0800
        Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 08:41 -0500
          Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 12:49 -0800
          Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 12:49 -0800
        Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 08:46 -0700
          Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 08:02 -0800
            Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 11:36 -0700
          Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 08:02 -0800
            Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-01-21 20:05 +0100
      Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 05:02 -0800
  Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot Barry Scott <barry@barrys-emacs.org> - 2013-01-19 11:40 +0000
  Re: Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-19 17:53 -0800

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