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> On 08/06/2020 05:42, Aryeh Weiss wrote:
>> 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
> leaves me with a problem, because the script will not import correctly
> after the last opened directory changes.
>
> Best regrads
>
> --aryeh
>
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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