import os import sys import importlib def import_path(fullpath): """ Import a file with full path specification. Allows one to import from anywhere, something __import__ does not do. """ # http://zephyrfalcon.org/weblog/arch_d7_2002_08_31.html path, filename = os.path.split(fullpath) filename, ext = os.path.splitext(filename) sys.path.append(path) module = __import__(filename) importlib.reload(module) # Might be out of date during tests del sys.path[-1] return module