# HG changeset patch
# User k0s <k0scist@gmail.com>
# Date 1266865147 18000
# Node ID 03fc1f76db91fd98a8380b0f051e905d9bf0e76b
# Parent  9e2d6f9974a2848e4673210db73a4ba78c5554e5
adding dotpath python helper

diff -r 9e2d6f9974a2 -r 03fc1f76db91 python/dotpath.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/dotpath.py	Mon Feb 22 13:59:07 2010 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/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()