Check to see what the value of '__name__' is, for example: if __name__ == '__main__': execute_interactive_code() else: I_am_just_a_lowly_module()
The value of __name__ will correspond to the name of your module: $ cat a.py print __name__ $ $ python Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Oct 30 2007, 13:54:11) [GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import a a >>> Thanks! Jeff On 2/14/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is there any standard way to tell if the user is running from a module > or from an interactive shell like IDLE or IPython? The best I've come > up with so far is for a function to look at > getouterframes(currentframe())[1][1] (the filename in the frame record > of the frame that called the function), and check if it exists or not > with os.path.exists. IPython gives '(ipython console)' and IDLE gives > 'pyshell#0' whereas running from a module gives its filename. This > seems a bit hacky. Any better ideas? > > -- > Dan Goodman > http://thesamovar.net/contact > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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