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 want to retrieve the package's root path from any of its modules, the following works (tested on Python 3.6):

from . import __path__ as ROOT_PATH
print(ROOT_PATH)

The main __init__.py path can also be referenced by using __file__ instead.

Hope this helps!