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authormatt <matt@xcolour.net>2013-01-28 11:32:18 -0500
committermatt <matt@xcolour.net>2013-01-28 11:32:18 -0500
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+# (c) 2005 Ian Bicking and contributors; written for Paste (http://pythonpaste.org)
+# Licensed under the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+def find_package(dir):
+ """
+ Given a directory, finds the equivalent package name. If it
+ is directly in sys.path, returns ''.
+ """
+ dir = os.path.abspath(dir)
+ orig_dir = dir
+ path = map(os.path.abspath, sys.path)
+ packages = []
+ last_dir = None
+ while 1:
+ if dir in path:
+ return '.'.join(packages)
+ packages.insert(0, os.path.basename(dir))
+ dir = os.path.dirname(dir)
+ if last_dir == dir:
+ raise ValueError(
+ "%s is not under any path found in sys.path" % orig_dir)
+ last_dir = dir
+