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> On 07/06/2020 23:10, Wayne Rasband wrote:
>>> On Jun 7, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Aryeh Weiss <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am running a Python script form the Fiji script editor, an d need
>>> to be able to import another python function that lives in the same
>>> directory.
>> The ImageJ 1.53c18 daily build adds an IJ.getDir("file”) method that
>> returns the directory of the most recently opened or saved file. It
>> is similar to the File.directory() macro function. Note that
>> IJ.getDir() is just another name for IJ.getDirectory(). Here is an
>> example:
>>
>> IJ.log("This script was loaded from "+IJ.getDir("file"));
>>
>> -wayne
>
> Thank you for your quick reply.
>
> I tried this, running from the Fiji script editor.
>
> ######
>
> import os
> from os import sys
>
> from ij import IJ
>
> print("os.cwd gives: ", os.getcwd()) # Nicholas George's response
> (thank you)
> print('getDir("file") gives: ', IJ.getDir("file")) # Wayne's response
>
> #######
>
> The output of the run after starting Fiji:
>
> ('os.cwd gives: ', '/home/amw')
> ('getDir("file") gives: ', u'/home/amw/Desktop/Fiji.app/macros/AutoRun/')
>
> and after opening some image:
>
> Started fileTest.py at Mon Jun 08 05:38:55 IDT 2020
> ('os.cwd gives: ', '/home/amw')
> ('getDir("file") gives: ', u'/home/amw/Pictures/')
>
> Best regards
> --aryeh
>
Actually, it looks like this is the intended behvior. However, it still
>
>>
>>
>>> The brute force way is:
>>>
>>> sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("/home/amw/Desktop/projects/alerding/summer2020"))
>>>
>>> from prune_new import prune
>>>
>>> but I do not want a script that relies on that absolute path.
>>>
>>> So I tried variations of IJ.getDirectory("current") and such, and
>>> none of them produce the correct result.
>>>
>>> I can do:
>>>
>>> sys.path.append(IJ.getDirectory(""))
>>> from prune_new import prune
>>>
>>> and select the directory, but that is annoying to do every run.
>>>
>>> I found a solution for macros in this forum post:
>>>
https://forum.image.sc/t/does-anyone-have-an-elegant-way-to-id-the-folder-a-macro-is-run-from/7924?u=herbie
>>>
>>>
>>> where Wayne provided File.directory() for macros. I have not found
>>> the API way to do this for a python script.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to do it?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> --aryeh
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