Python Import From Path

Question

I'm using portable-python and haven't been able to find a way of linking .py files to the portable-python interpreter (meaning I can't just double click my scripts to run them). I've been getting around this by dragging scripts into the path portable-python checks and then importing them.

ex:

import random_py_file

but is there a way to substitute the name of the file with its absolute/relative path?

ex:

import C:\file\script.py

Answer 1

This works on linux; however, I am not sure about windows. Essentially what you are doing is adding a path where python will look to find your script.

sys.path.append('C:\file')
import script

Look here to find how to make this permanent.

• Daniel: Does this fully answer your question?
• RandomPhobia: Would be good to have a way to make the path permanent, but as I worded my question this is a good answer.
• Daniel: Updated the answer to include this.