How to get python script file path that has been compiled in binary .exe?

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I have python script myscript.py that I compiled with pyinstaller with the following command: pyinstaller -F myscript.py . Now I get a file called myscript.exe . In my script, there are line that I wrote to get the path of this file using the following code:

this_file = os.path.realpath(__file__)
src = this_file
filenameOnly, file_extension = os.path.splitext(src)
exeFile = filenameOnly+'.exe'
print ('exe file to check', exeFile)
if os.path.exists(exeFile):
    src = exeFile
print ('Binary file', src)

But this works well only if the .exe file is having the same name as the initial .py file. If I rename the binary file, my script will not detect that change

Asked By: TSR

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Answer 1

I would suggest using sys.argv to access command line parameters. The first value in sys.argv is the name of the program. e.g:

...
filenameOnly = sys.argv[0]
exeFile = filenameOnly + '.exe'
...

Here are some related stackoverflow links for further reading on this subject.

sys.argv[1] meaning in script

How to input arguments after compiling python program with PyInstaller

Answered By: rickjerrity

Answer 2

I solved the problem with src = sys.executable

Answered By: TSR

How to get python script file path that has been compiled in binary .exe?

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