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How does an instance of Askbot know where its core files are?

I made the mistake of assuming that I would be able to migrate up to the newest version of Askbot. I ran into issues. I cloned the Git repository into /Users/Bryan/work/delete_askbot and checked out the the Revision that was working and trying to use the fixtures I had created before I migrated so I can test the migration.

My askbot instance keeps trying to use the original path:
/Users/Bryan/work/askbot-discussion

The original instance was at:
/Users/Bryan/work/askbot-discussion/askbotBeast

The instance I'm trying to work revert back to the earlier with is:
/Users/Bryan/work/delete_askbot/askbotBeast

Here's the Python Path for the temporary instance of Askbot:

In [8]: sys.path
Out[8]:
['/Users/Bryan/work/delete_askbot/askbotBeast',
'/Users/Bryan/work/askbot-discussion',
'/Users/Bryan/work/delete_askbot/askbotBeast',
'/Users/Bryan/work/askbot-discussion/askbot/deps',]

Where is '/Users/Bryan/work/askbot-discussion' added to the Python path?

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asked 2012-12-17 14:25:31 -0600, updated 2012-12-17 14:27:26 -0600
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You can figure this out by

import askbot
import os.path
ASKBOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(askbot.__file__)

If you want to find where the settings file is, then use the same trick in the settings.py file and store that file name in an additional setting.

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answered 2012-12-17 16:21:30 -0600
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I know the path for the askbot module that is being imported. I'm trying to figure out how to import an askbot module with a different path. The current import of askbot is /Users/Bryan/work/askbot-discussion/askbot I want to import the askbot module at /Users/Bryan/work/delete_askbot/askbot

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