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+'''
+This utility allows a python system to find a file in it's
+directory.  To do this, you need to pass it a function object from
+a module in the correct directory.  I know there must be a better
+way to do this, but I haven't seen it yet.  Incidentally, the
+current directory should be _different_ from the module in which
+the function is contained, otherwise this function will go off into
+the root directory.
+
+Currently this has to be called with the current directory a directory
+other than the directory we're trying to find... need a better solution
+for this kind of thing... a python registry would be great :)
+
+NOTE: as of Python 1.5, this module should be obsolete!  As soon as I
+have verified that all of my code is fixed, it will be moved to the unused
+directories.
+'''
+import os,sys
+
+def findourfile(function, filename):
+	'''
+	Given the function, return a path to the a file in the
+	same directory with 'filename'.  We also let the caller
+	know if the file already exists.
+	'''
+	ourfilename = os.path.split(function.func_code.co_filename)[0]+os.sep+filename
+	exists = os.path.exists(ourfilename)
+	return (exists,ourfilename)
+
+