Pathing. Easy way to evade the pathing problems when running an script in python.

pathing.py

import os

TOP_LEVEL_NAME = "lorayne_numbers"


def __get_current_path():
    return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))


def get_top_level_path():
    path = __get_current_path()
    head, tail = os.path.split(path)
    while tail != TOP_LEVEL_NAME:
        head, tail = os.path.split(path)
    return os.path.join(head, tail)


def get_path_relative_to_top_level(*args):
    """""
    :param args: Pass directories followed by an optional file at the end.
    """
    path = get_top_level_path()
    for next_step in args:
        path = os.path.join(path, next_step)
    return path