I\'m writing a Python application that takes as a command as an argument, for example:
$ python myapp.py command1
I want the application to
Similar as @monkut 's solution but reusable and error tolerant described here http://stamat.wordpress.com/dynamic-module-import-in-python/:
import os
import imp
def importFromURI(uri, absl):
mod = None
if not absl:
uri = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), uri))
path, fname = os.path.split(uri)
mname, ext = os.path.splitext(fname)
if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path,mname)+'.pyc'):
try:
return imp.load_compiled(mname, uri)
except:
pass
if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path,mname)+'.py'):
try:
return imp.load_source(mname, uri)
except:
pass
return mod