How to retrieve a module's path?

Question

I want to detect whether module has changed. Now, using inotify is simple, you just need to know the directory you want to get notifications from.

How do I retrieve

Answer 1

If you would like to know absolute path from your script you can use Path object:

from pathlib import Path

print(Path().absolute())
print(Path().resolve('.'))
print(Path().cwd())

cwd() method

Return a new path object representing the current directory (as returned by os.getcwd())

resolve() method

Make the path absolute, resolving any symlinks. A new path object is returned: