[mod_python] Current Working Directory not set?

I just noticed a mistake in my comment below, I was referencing 
sys.modules, where I ment sys.path.

Sean

Sean Jamieson wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> I don't know if there's already been a discussion about this, it seems 
> like a small but obvious issue.
>
> The current working directory does not apear to be set when a 
> mod_python.publisher script runs; or rather it's set to "/" which is 
> not useful. This becomes quite a pain, as I'm forced to do many things 
> to work around it.
> i.e.
> 1) I've started using kid templates, and I have to use:
>     Template( file=req.document_root().'template.kid', ... )
> or
>    Template( 
> file=req.document_root().'project_dir/templates/template.kid', ... )
> rather then the more natural:
>    Template( file='templates/template.kid )
> this should find the 'templates' directory in the same directory as 
> the running script
>
> 2) I have to fully qualify imports from the document root, as the 
> document root is added to sys.modules, but the current directory is 
> not. So, if I'm in a subdirectory under the document root I have to do:
>    import project_dir.subpackage.module
> when the current directory is 'project_dir'. This is silly, I should 
> be able to import something in, or under, the current working directory:
>    import subpackage.module
> I would have to do some hack involving seperating the dirname of 
> __file__ and adding it to sys.modules
>
> Sean
>
>
>
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