src/main/admin/ducc_boot.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

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import os
import sys

# simple bootstratp to establish DUCC_HOME and to set the python path so it can
# find the common code in DUCC_HOME/admin
# Infer DUCC_HOME from our location - no longer use a (possibly inaccurate) environment variable
def set_ducc_home():
    me = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])    
    ndx = me.rindex('/')
    ndx = me.rindex('/', 0, ndx)
    DUCC_HOME = me[:ndx]          # split from 0 to ndx

    sys.path.append(DUCC_HOME + '/admin')