Function to find the absolute path of a test data file
The ObsPy modules are installed to a custom installation directory. That is the path cannot be predicted. This functions searches for all installed ObsPy modules and checks whether the file is in any of the “tests/data” subdirectories.
Parameters: | filename A test file name to which the path should be returned. |
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Returns: | Full path to file. |
Example
>>> getExampleFile('slist.ascii')
/custom/path/to/obspy/core/tests/data/slist.ascii
>>> getExampleFile('does.not.exists')
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
IOError: Could not find file does.not.exists ...