Importing modules from parent folder

Question

I am running Python 2.5.

This is my folder tree:

ptdraft/
  nib.py
  simulations/
    life/
      life.py

(I also have __init

Answer 1

Though the original author is probably no longer looking for a solution, but for completeness, there one simple solution. It's to run life.py as a module like this:

cd ptdraft
python -m simulations.life.life

This way you can import anything from nib.py as ptdraft directory is in the path.