view python/dotpath.py @ 836:0fa456446fea

use module docstring for description, as intended
author Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
date Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:22:32 -0800
parents 03fc1f76db91
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#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys

def filename(dotpath):
    path = dotpath.split('.')
    while path:
        try:
            module = __import__('.'.join(path))
            return module.__file__.rstrip('c')
        except ImportError:
            path.pop()

def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
    for arg in args:
        try:
            _filename = filename(arg)
        except Exception, e:
            print e
            continue
        print _filename

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()