Python relative imports within a package not on the path

Question

How can I import a file that is in a parent directory within a python package (that is not on the path) into a file in a child dir?

I\'m not totally clear on the voc

Answer 1

You can actually do this:

import sys
sys.path.append('..')

and that will work. But don't do that. It could break other modules.

I guess you could remove it directly after the import, but don't.

EDIT:

Actually, this also works and I think there's no reason it's not safe:

inside in_dir2.py you can do:

import sys
import os
current_module = sys.modules[__name__]
indir2file=current_module.__file__
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(indir2file))+os.sep+".."+os.sep)
import in_dir1

Try hard to restructure your code instead.