# To run this code, create a python file, say config.py, with a sample parameter # called sample_param. import os import sys def main(): if len(sys.argv) == 1: print "usage: %s config_file" % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) sys.exit(2) config_file = os.path.basename(sys.argv[1]) if config_file[-3:] == ".py": config_file = config_file[:-3] data_config = __import__(config_file, globals(), locals(), []) print data_config.sample_param main()