capybara/virtualenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/helpers.py
def get_root_path(import_name):
    """Returns the path to a package or cwd if that cannot be found.  This
    returns the path of a package or the folder that contains a module.

    Not to be confused with the package path returned by :func:`find_package`.
    """
    # Module already imported and has a file attribute.  Use that first.
    mod = sys.modules.get(import_name)
    if mod is not None and hasattr(mod, '__file__'):
        return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(mod.__file__))

    # Next attempt: check the loader.
    loader = pkgutil.get_loader(import_name)

    # Loader does not exist or we're referring to an unloaded main module
    # or a main module without path (interactive sessions), go with the
    # current working directory.
    if loader is None or import_name == '__main__':
        return os.getcwd()

    # For .egg, zipimporter does not have get_filename until Python 2.7.
    # Some other loaders might exhibit the same behavior.
    if hasattr(loader, 'get_filename'):
        filepath = loader.get_filename(import_name)
    else:
        # Fall back to imports.
        __import__(import_name)
        filepath = sys.modules[import_name].__file__

    # filepath is import_name.py for a module, or __init__.py for a package.
    return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(filepath))
def get_root_path(import_name):
    """Returns the path to a package or cwd if that cannot be found.  This
    returns the path of a package or the folder that contains a module.

    Not to be confused with the package path returned by :func:`find_package`.
    """
    # Module already imported and has a file attribute.  Use that first.
    mod = sys.modules.get(import_name)
    if mod is not None and hasattr(mod, '__file__'):
        return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(mod.__file__))

    # Next attempt: check the loader.
    loader = pkgutil.get_loader(import_name)

    # Loader does not exist or we're referring to an unloaded main module
    # or a main module without path (interactive sessions), go with the
    # current working directory.
    if loader is None or import_name == '__main__':
        return os.getcwd()

    # For .egg, zipimporter does not have get_filename until Python 2.7.
    # Some other loaders might exhibit the same behavior.
    if hasattr(loader, 'get_filename'):
        filepath = loader.get_filename(import_name)
    else:
        # Fall back to imports.
        __import__(import_name)
        filepath = sys.modules[import_name].__file__

    # filepath is import_name.py for a module, or __init__.py for a package.
    return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(filepath))
Returns the path to a package or cwd if that cannot be found.  This
    returns the path of a package or the folder that contains a module.

    Not to be confused with the package path returned by :func:`find_package`.