How to know m-file location from within it?

Question

I get get notebook location with NotebookDirectory\[\]

How to get m-file location from within it?

FileNames["*.m", NotebookDirectory[]]? – kglr Oct 18 '17 at 17:29 — kglr, Oct 18 '17 at 17:29

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '17 at 17:24

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You can use

DirectoryName[$InputFileName]

answered Oct 18 '17 at 17:24

C. E.

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@Dims It is good to know that this works only if evaluated while the file is being loaded. A common mistake is to define packDir[] := DirectoryName[$InputFileName] in the package, then try to use packDir[] after the package has already loaded. Instead, do $packDir = DirectoryName[$InputFileName]; packDir[] := $packDir in the package. – Szabolcs Oct 18 '17 at 17:37

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