python - Access data in package subdirectory

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The standard way to do this is with setuptools packages and pkg_resources.

You can lay out your package according to the following hierarchy, and configure the package setup file to point it your data resources, as per this link:

http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-package-data

You can then re-find and use those files using pkg_resources, as per this link:

http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PkgResources#basic-resource-access

import pkg_resources

DATA_PATH = pkg_resources.resource_filename('<package name>', 'data/')
DB_FILE = pkg_resources.resource_filename('<package name>', 'data/sqlite.db')