I need to run a script foo.py, but I need to also insert some debugging lines to run before the code in foo.py. Currently I just put those lines in foo.py and I'm careful not to commit that to Git, but I don't like this solution. What I want is a separate file bar.py that I don't commit to Git. Then I want to run: python /somewhere/bar.py /somewhere_else/foo.py What I want this to do is first run some lines of code in bar.py, and then run foo.py as __main__. It should be in the same process that the bar.py lines ran in, otherwise the debugging lines won't help. Is there a way to make bar.py do this? Someone suggested this: import imp import sys # Debugging code here fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module(sys.argv[1]) imp.load_module('__main__', fp, pathname, description) The problem with that is that because it uses import machinery, I need to be on the same folder as foo.py to run that. I don't want that. I want to simply put in the full path to foo.py. Also: The solution needs to work with .pyc files as well. Continue reading...
