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Armin Ronacher 13 years ago
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flask/helpers.py

@ -466,23 +466,29 @@ def send_from_directory(directory, filename, **options):
return send_file(filename, conditional=True, **options) return send_file(filename, conditional=True, **options)
def get_root_path(name): def get_root_path(import_name):
"""Returns the path to a package or cwd if that cannot be found. This """Returns the path to a package or cwd if that cannot be found. This
returns the path of a package or the folder that contains a module. returns the path of a package or the folder that contains a module.
Not to be confused with the package path returned by :func:`find_package`. Not to be confused with the package path returned by :func:`find_package`.
""" """
__import__(import_name)
try: try:
return os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.modules[name].__file__)) directory = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[import_name].__file__)
except (KeyError, AttributeError): return os.path.abspath(directory)
except AttributeError:
return os.getcwd() return os.getcwd()
def find_package(import_name): def find_package(import_name):
"""Finds a package and returns the prefix (or None if the package is """Finds a package and returns the prefix (or None if the package is
not installed) as well as the folder that contains the package or not installed) as well as the folder that contains the package or
module as a tuple. module as a tuple. The package path returned is the module that would
have to be added to the pythonpath in order to make it possible to
import the module. The prefix is the path below which a UNIX like
folder structure exists (lib, share etc.).
""" """
__import__(import_name)
root_mod = sys.modules[import_name.split('.')[0]] root_mod = sys.modules[import_name.split('.')[0]]
package_path = getattr(root_mod, '__file__', None) package_path = getattr(root_mod, '__file__', None)
if package_path is None: if package_path is None:

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