Import parent directory package without sys.path.append

Question

I have a project structured as this:

parent/
   sub1/
      __init__.py
      directoryManager.py
   sub2
      tst.py

in tst.py, I am trying to import directoryManager as ld from sub1, is there anyway to import it without using sys.path.append ?

Thanks very much

Answer 1

You could use:

from .. import directoryManager

The extra . goes one dictionary up

If this is going to be a package installed to path from parent parent.sub1 import directoryManager

Answer 2

import os
import sys

sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

from sub1 import directoryManager

This should work.