From 15b129a12e71d20e1e9726b265ebd9e266b34ea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hpk <none@none>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:42:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [svn r56231] add a small script that tells where an import of
 a python module package would come from. py.which is meant to be the
 equivalent of "which" in unix.

--HG--
branch : trunk
---
 py/bin/py.which | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 py/bin/py.which

diff --git a/py/bin/py.which b/py/bin/py.which
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6e54abd4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py/bin/py.which
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python 
+
+"""\
+py.which [name]
+
+print the location of the given python module or package name 
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    name = sys.argv[1]
+    try:
+        mod = __import__(name)
+    except ImportError:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "could not import:", name 
+    else:
+        try:
+            location = mod.__file__ 
+        except AttributeError:
+            print >>sys.stderr, "module (has no __file__):", mod
+        else:
+            print location