[Scons-users] SCons, Python 3, and pathlib

[Russel Winder]

On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 07:45 -0700, Bill Deegan wrote:
> SCons is py2 + py3, so we cannot use pathlib in the core.

Agreed, I was thinking of in my SConstruct file as I know I will not be
using the evil Python 2. ;-)

> Which file are you trying to find the path of?
> The SConstruct file?
> Some other file?

The SConstruct file.

pathlib.Path() in a SConstruct delivers '.' but this resolves to the
current directory of the execution of the PVM and not the actual
location of the file. To achieve that in a Python script one usually
uses __file__, however this special variable is not available in a
SConstruct file during a run of SCons.

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