NameError: name '__file__' is not defined

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I am trying to store the path of a script into a variable using:

os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

However, it keeps returning a name '__file__' is not defined error.

here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name '__file__' is not defined
nameerror python
2 Answers

Pretty sure you are running this in a terminal in the interactive Python as it is the only place (I'm aware of) to not have __file__. Also, if it was a script, and it would be the first line of it (according to the error message) it would fail on os is not defined (as you'd not import it).

Try it in the actual script. This should work.

user_47277020

I run into this when testing / debugging classes in Spyder (nearly every day). The fix is easy: define the __file__ variable to the name of the py module you are testing.

In the interpreter type:

__file__ = 'modulename.py'

Then run the script again. This method has never caused an issue for me.

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