path_tools.py

def get_icon_path(icon_name, icon_folder='icons'):
	'''
	The point of this function is ot return the location of 
		a icon in an adjacent folder next to the script.

	Make sure ot import this script into the scirpt you want to use it.
	Then you can use the path_tools.get_icon_path('icon.png') anywhere you 
		need to implant an image path.

	How to Run:

	import path_tools

	# Use the path 
	pm.symbolButton(image=path_tools.get_icon_path('icon.png'))
	'''

	# os.path.split breaks up a file path.
	base_path = os.path.split(__file__)
	# Pieces together the full icon path.
	full_path = os.path.join(base_path, icon_folder, icon_name)

	return full_path