Python import from a different directory using “~” symbol

Question

Under a linux structure, i've noticed that the following works:

import sys
sys.path.append("/home/username/fullpathname/")
import my_module

however the following does not

import sys
sys.path.append("~/fullpathname")
import my_module

is there a way to use the "~" operator? I don't understand why python wants the full directory. Thank you!

Answer 1

You can use os.path.expanduser :

import sys, os
sys.path.append(os.path.expanduser("~/fullpathname"))
import mymodule